McCain’s Sons Off-Limits
April 3rd, 2008 at 02:42pm Matt DiBari
For someone that is allegedly a blatant opportunist, Roxana Tiron at The Hill has an article discussing how John McCain refuses to use Jimmy and Jack McCain’s military service for political gain. One of the more common attacks on the current Bush Administration is that the prominent members of the Administration have not served in the military and do not have children that serve.
That is not a line of attack that the Democrats can use this November (although, with Obama and Dean’s disdain for the facts, they might try) on John McCain. However, Senator McCain does not want to use his children as political pawns in this election, not does he want to endanger them and the men that serve with them.
“He feels very uncomfortable. He does not want Jimmy and his comrades to be put at any risk,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), McCain’s closest ally and friend in the Senate.
“I know that John McCain is very proud of his son’s service and he talked to me about it many times, but he is certainly not going to exploit it for political purposes,” Collins said.
So no, Mr. Dean, John McCain is not a blatant opportunist. If you are so desperate to find someone worthy of that tag, perhaps you should look in the mirror.
Entry Filed under: John McCain, Military
2 Comments
1. Geoff | April 3rd, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Howard Dean is and always will be a hack.
2. Almiranta | April 4th, 2008 at 7:59 am
McCain is going back to the Republican playbook, and trying to run on issues instead of personality and the Politics of Personal Destruction.
It’s always hard, with an opposition party that is issue-deficient and so dependent on swaying people emotionally rather than rationally, but it’s always worth a try.