When you campaign on your record, whether it be military, judicial, corporate or charitable... you open the doors for critique and assessment. Fair game, I believe it's called.
"If Barack Obama's campaign wants to question John McCain's military service, that's their right," McCain spokesman Brian Rogers said after Clark's appearance Sunday. "But let's please drop the pretense that Barack Obama stands for a new type of politics. The reality is he's proving to be a typical politician who is willing to say anything to get elected, including allowing his campaign surrogates to demean and attack John McCain's military service record."
From today's McCain funding solicitation.
Posted by kerry at July 2, 2008 08:34 AMMy Friends,
I am often asked why I want to be President of the United States. And my answer is that I believe in the greatness of this nation as a beacon of goodwill throughout the world. I believe each and every one of us has a duty to serve a cause greater than our own self-interest.
I've spent my life in service to my country, and I've spent my life putting my country first.
When I was held as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam from 1967 to 1973, I was given the option to come home early because my father was an admiral in the U.S. Navy. I refused to go, because I put my country first.
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