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  • George McGovern Says McCain's War Experience Not a Qualification for the White House

    07/08/2008 6:54:41 PM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 56 replies · 208+ views
    The Boston Globe ^ | July 8, 2008 | Susan Milligan
    He was a fighter pilot in World War II, bombing targets in Europe to stop Hitler. But former Senator and 1972 Democratic presidential nominee George McGovern says that didn't qualify him to run the country--and the same goes for GOP presumptive nominee John McCain. ``I don't have any regrets about that,'' the antiwar Democratic stalwart said in a brief interview yesterday on Capitol Hill. ``While bombing is a terrible thing, we smashed Hitler's oil refineries all over Europe.'' ``But I don't recall ever saying that experience as a bomber pilot equipped me to be very strong on how to run...