Republican Sen. John McCain, a former prisoner of war in Vietnam, called an ad criticizing John Kerry’s military service “dishonest and dishonorable” and urged the White House on Thursday to condemn it as well.
If he isn't calling the Swifties dishonest and dishonorable, just who does he mean? If I say someone's post is a lie, am I not calling that person a liar? Further down in the article you'll see how McCain defended Kerry's service too.
Nobody asked McCain to pipe in, he did it on his own volition. He also overstepped by calling on the White House to condemn the ads.
Lastly, I have no idea what you are talking about re him having a problem with the campaign funding. Is it about McCain-Feingold?
No, he was talking about the 501 money...you know the money that independants like Soros pumped to the RATS to try to trash Bush; it was the loophole in McCain-Finegold. It was what also got him riled about the Swifties in the first place...