Well, so much for John "Pander Bear" McCain's vow to distance himself from the history of Republican attack campaigning.
In a page right out of the Karl Rove playbook, the McCain camp has been vigorously attacking Democratic candidate Barrack Obama for cancelling a visit to wounded troops in Germany. The McCain version is that Obama did so because base officials refused to allow reporters to accompany him on the visit. The Obama camp has denied that, but how is a voter to know who's telling the truth here?
Well, now comes a Washington Post report http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/29/AR2008072902286.html?wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter that, in fact, base commanders were uncomfortable with Obama foreign policy advisor, retired Maj. Gen. J. Scott Gration, accompanying the candidate. Gration's presence might make it seem like a campaign event, the commanders felt.
There is no evidence that Obama cancelled the event because reporters could not accompany him.
But, confronted with this evidence, the McCain camp remains unapologetic. Seems like a sign of desperation to me.
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