There are reports that this worked the other way around - McCain approaching Kerry, wanting Kerry to put him on the ticket, trying to convince Kerry how he could help him get elected, not Kerry "begging" McCain to become his VP. When asked by a reporter while campaigning recently about whether he asked Kerry, McCain did not deny it, and would only say that he was "too conservative" for Kerry, NOT who did the asking.
>>>There are reports that this worked the other way around - McCain approaching Kerry, wanting Kerry to put him on the ticket, trying to convince Kerry how he could help him get elected
“Reports” suddenly remembered during the political races in 2008 by sources such as Huffington and the like who hope to discredit the man who seems on track to otherwise clean their clock in November, aided and abetted on boards such as FR by DU trolls, Paulites, and the like all who have their own agendas for mischief.
The report I posted was published days after the 2004 election, when people had no need to lie or distort what happened. This was the description of what transpired re the 2004 VP slot for four years until a wedge was needed to manipulate the crackpot right. Then out of nowhere a new storyline is made.
Going by the best evidence rule, I tend not to buy the new story.