Posted by izybx:
Um, where in that article is McCain? Bush is a war dodging coddled rich brat. McCain has more balls than all of us in this forum put together, and has earned his right to give his opinion that to win this war troop levels need to be increased (along with every other person with first hand knowledge of the military).
Bush and McCain shouldnt be lumped into the same sentence because they couldnt be more different.
Except that it's McCain who has lumped himself with Bush, while abandoning the principles that once made him unique as a politician:
On Meet the Press on Dec. 4, 2005, he said:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10266650/
MR. RUSSERT: Should we send more American troops and do we have the troops to send?
SEN. McCAIN: I've wanted to send troops. I still think we should have more troops there. But it's not going to happen. And that's just reality. It's not going to happen. But we really needed to expand the size of the Marine Corps and the Army so we didn't have this terrific strain on our Guard and Reserve, particularly our Guard units.
So a year ago, when he wasn't running for president, he realized that sending more troops wasn't feasible, but not that he is running for president it is. Bush has basically said the same thing, even though by all accounts the Joint Chiefs oppose the plan.
That's just one of McCain's flip flops in recent months. He pandered to Jerry Falwell; he now opposes many of the campaign finance reforms he once championed; he repeatedly hugged Bush during the 2004 campaign, even though Bush's operatives smeared him in despicable ways during the 2000 South Carolina primary.
He's no longer a maverick. He's now a fraud.
