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.
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?
Yep. I can just see Hillary's supporters flocking to that "true conservative" McCain.