[twigs]

Did he really call Swifties "dishonest and dishonorable?" I hadn't heard that. Yep. That's despicable if he did.

[Mach9]

He's certainly cited as having said exactly that. What's terminally unfortunate is that the time for retracting has passed. Do you suppose his is one of the name on the letter Max is delivering?

[MEG33]

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2004/08/05/politics1020EDT0544.DTL&type=printable

McCain quoted here..

[proudmilitarymrs]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1185548/posts

The original fr post on Senator McCains remarks

[cake_crumb]

"Did he really call Swifties 'dishonest and dishonorable?' I hadn't heard that."

Yes he did in reaction to the first ad. The Swifties responded by telling him with all due respect, he [McCain] wasn't there and THEY were. They also expressed resppect for his freedom to speak his opinions, and said they hoped he would allow them the same freedom to speak that he enjoys, since they paid for that freedom of speech with their own blood.