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It was a very politically astute move for McCain to distance himself from the remarks. It’s one thing for a speaker to make the remarks at a rally when the candidate himself isn’t there, but if s/he is and doesn’t repudiate the remarks, it’s as if he himself made them.

By distancing himself, McCain takes the high road, and his attacks on Obama will be all the more powerful, based experience, issue and policy. Personal remarks would make him look small and petty like Obama’s opponent heretofore. Those disenchanted with that Obama opponent will look more favorably upon McCain after she drops out.

Beautifully and perfectly put, EDINVA. But truth and reason have seemingly come to have little relevance to many on these threads...

I will only add that McCain became Commanding Officer of an A-7 Navy training squadron after he was freed from five years of hell in the "Hotel Hilton" - and Commanding Officers take responsibility for and EVERYTHING that happens under their command.

Some are incapable of understanding this. Many others - the ones who count - understand it quite well, and will respect John McCain even more for his assuming responsibility today. Can anyone imagine Bill Clinton doing this?

and will respect John McCain even more for his assuming responsibility today

What McCain did was stab a loyal supporter in the back, much the way he has consistently stabbed conservatives in the back. And what concerns me is that McCain doesn't sound like somebody who is ready to do the necessary dirty work of diving down to the bottom of the sewer and fighting the scumbag Democrats where they live.

“Can anyone imagine Bill Clinton doing this?”

There is a thread up now with an article comparing this to Clinton’s “Sister Souljah” moment. I don’t think they’re in the same league. For one thing, today’s McCain comments weren’t scripted.

McCain isn’t the ‘perfect conservative’ and there’s plenty for conservatives to be wary of in some of his past actions and comments. However, like it or not, he’s the most conservative person who has any realistic chance of being elected POTUS in November ‘08. The alternative should be anethema to everyone who posts here legitimately.

If for no other reason, FReepers should ‘hold their noses’ or whatever they have to do to vote for McCain because he is the only candidate who will support and protect our troops, whom FReepers claim to honor. Abandoning them to the command of Hillary! or Obama is not something I am willing to do.