McCain's Mudslinging

Continued signs of John McCain's desperation is seen in attempts to raise concerns about Barack Obama's patriotism. First it was charges, which he has refused to disown, that Obama is willing to lose a war to win an election. It makes it sound like Obama's opposition to the war in Iraq is simply craven politics. But Obama has been an outspoken opponent of the war from the very beginning. So how is that playing politics. In 2002 did he decide to oppose the war because he knew it would make him a popular candidate for President in 2008?

Now McCain is making charges without any evidence that Obama dissed wounded vets in Germany (to go to the gym) because he couldn't take reporters and cameras with him. The truth is that Obama chose to forgo that visit because the Pentagon voiced concerns that his aid on the trip was a campaign aid and not a Senate staffer -- and thus a campaign stop. But of course John McCain has decided not to let facts get in the way of his own cravenly political attempts to reach high office.

I once had great respect for John McCain, but that respect is becoming increasingly challenged as this election cycle continues. McCain has engaged in a nasty campaign, and shows no signs of letting up. So much for the civil campaign he once promised.