[TheSpottedOwl]

"John Kerry (news - web sites) is a close friend of mine. We have been friends for years," McCain said Wednesday when pressed to squelch speculation about a Kerry-McCain ticket. "Obviously I would entertain it."

Here's a closer meaning of the term "slut".

Let's see, McCain was mentally abused by his Viet Cong captors with the news that Kerry and his ilk were helping them win the war. Now they've been close friends for years? God, I hate politicians...

[My2Cents]

Now they've been close friends for years?

I think that's a misprint. I think what McCain actually said was, "Sen. Kerry and I have been fiends for years..."