Ted Lawrence
2008-07-13 07:27:44
Clarke’s comment was that although McCain’s character was unimpeachable (He said specifically that McCain was a hero to him back then for what he had gone through) his actual time in the military didn’t include the history of decisionmaking that a lot of Republican activists were trying to make it out as. The comment was similar to William F. Buckley’s famous comment that although John F. Kennedy behaved admirably in the PT109 incident, bravery was not as important as judgement and in the end all he did was get his boat sunk by the enemy. A dumb comment, just as Clarke’s was, but not someting for anyone to get too excited about.
