"McCain was a fighter pilot, who dropped laser-guided missiles from 35,000 feet. He was long gone when they hit... What happened when they [the missiles] get to the ground? He doesn't know. You have to care about the lives of people. McCain never gets into those issues."
-- U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., in an interview with The Charleston Gazette on his support for Barack Obama.
(Update: McCain's campaign has issued a response. Rockefeller's office told MetroNews' Talkline on Tuesday that the senator had also praised McCain's service during the interview, and that the remark meant to address the presumptive GOP nominee's approach to domestic issues. )
(Update II: Rockefeller tells The Associated Press that he's called McCain to apologize, saying "I made an inaccurate and wrong analogy, and I have extended my sincere apology to him.")
08 April 2008
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Did they have laser guided missles in the Vietnam War? Are all veterans uncaring or just the fighter pilots? Was John McCain shot down from 35,000 feet? Should we take advice on who to chose as president from someone who believes such things? Should such a person be our senator?
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