TexasTiger 12,950 Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 Thompson? Thompson? Newty? Huckabee? Who will emerge...? The center will not hold, no matter what happens in the Washington standoff over war funding. Surely no one understands better than Mr. McCain that American lives are being wasted in the war’s escalation. That is what he said on David Letterman’s show in an unguarded moment some five weeks ago  though he recanted the word wasted after taking flak the morning after.Like his Letterman gaffe, Mr. McCain’s ludicrous market stunt was at least in the tradition of his old brand of straight talk, in that it revealed the truth, however unintentionally. But many more have watched the constantly recycled and ridiculed spectacle of his "safe" walk in Baghdad than heard him on a late-night talk show. This incident has the staying power of the Howard Dean scream. Should it speed America’s disengagement from Iraq, what looks today like John McCain’s farcical act of political suicide may some day loom large as a patriot’s final act of sacrifice for his country. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/tsc.html?URI...H0Q5CQ3DfQ3DF7s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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