can someone tell me why McCain doesn,t resent kerry for testifying against the war when he came home, didn't that hurt McCain?
McCain has developed a case of Republican Media Disease (RMD). This is a psychological disorder that affects some Republicans.
The media love the Democrats and hate the Republicans. Thus, Democrats who break ranks with their party, such as Zell Miller, are treated with media disdain. In contrast, Republicans who break with the GOP's basic conservatism get lavish and fawning media treatment.
Some Republicans are easily flattered and lured in by this tactic. Sandra Day O'Connor is a good example. Whenever she helps to deliver a 5-4 leftist ruling, the press fawns over her for having shown "pragmatism". They drool over her for having "grown" into a more "enlightened" judge. In other words, O'Connor suffers from RMD.
McCain has also contracted RMD. Anytime he feels to need to be fawned over, he betrays conservatives in some way. He knew that denouncing the Swiftvets would get him a lot of favorable media. He needed a "fix", as it's like a drug to him.
RMD might also be called the David Rodham Gergen Syndrome.