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McCain
condemns anti-Kerry ads, calls on White House to follow suit
"It was the same kind of deal that was pulled on me,"
McCain said in an interview with The Associated Press, referring
to his bitter Republican primary fight with President Bush.
(emphasis added -- ed.)
In 2000, Bush's supporters sponsored a rumor campaign against McCain
in the South Carolina primary, helping Bush win the primary and
the nomination. McCain's supporters have never forgiven the Bush
team.
McCain said that's all in the past to him, but he's speaking out
against the anti-Kerry ad because "it reopens all the old wounds
of the Vietnam War, which I spent the last 35 years trying to heal."
"I deplore this kind of politics," McCain said. "I
think the ad is dishonest and dishonorable. As it is, none of these
individuals served on the boat (Kerry) commanded. Many of his crew
have testified to his courage under fire. I think John Kerry served
honorably in Vietnam. I think George Bush served honorably in the
Texas Air National Guard during the Vietnam War." |
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UPDATE | Veteran retracts criticism of Kerry: "Yesterday, a key figure in the anti-Kerry campaign, Kerry's former commanding officer, backed off one of the key contentions. Lieutenant Commander George Elliott said in an interview that he had made a ''terrible mistake" in signing an affidavit that suggests Kerry did not deserve the Silver Star -- one of the main allegations in the book. "
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