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 MG>              Day who is married to Col. Bud Day, Cong.
 MG>              Medal of Honor recipient, fighter pilot,
 MG>              Vietnam POW and roommate of      John McCain
 MG>              at the  Hanoi   Hilton.

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 MG> When it comes to choosing a president, the American people
 MG> want to know more about a candidate than policy positions.
 MG> They want to know about character, the values ingrained in
 MG> his heart.

 John McCain may have been a man of character once, but he traded
 his character for a shot at power.
 ...

 MG> Mr. Day recalls with pride Mr. McCain stubbornly refusing
 MG> to accept special treatment or curry favor to be released
 MG> early, even when gravely ill. Mr. McCain knew the
 MG> Vietnamese wanted the propaganda victory of the son and
 MG> grandson of Navy admirals accepting special treatment. "He
 MG> wasn't corruptible then," Mr. Day says, "and he's not
 MG> corruptible today."

 In the 2000 election Bush supporters smeared McCain's war
 record, accusing him of treason for signing a paper the North
 Vietnamese used for propaganda. Most of us realized that
 everyone has a breaking point, and the paper was meaningless.
 However, that didn't stop the Bushites from smearing McCain.

 In 2004 McCain kissed up to Bush, and supported him. Now some of
 the Bushites who took part in the smear compaign are on McCain's
 campaign staff.

 MG> The stories told to me by the Days involve more than
 MG> wartime valor. For example, in 1991 Cindy McCain was
 MG> visiting Mother Teresa's orphanage in Bangladesh when a
 MG> dying infant was thrust into her hands. The orphanage could
 ...
 MG> this was about. Mrs. McCain replied that the child
 MG> desperately needed surgery and years of rehabilitation. "I
 MG> hope she can stay with us," she told her husband. Mr.
 MG> McCain agreed. Today that child is their teenage daughter
 MG> Bridget.

 In 2004 Rove's people smeared that teenage daughter, pushing the
 theme that McCain fathered her outside his marriage.

 That smear cost McCain the South Carolina primary, and the
 nomination. Above all, it was a racist smear of McCain's child.
 Yet 4 years later McCain hugged and kissed up to the man Rove
 worked for. In so doing, McCain betrayed his daughter.

 MG> Unless he opens up more, many voters will never know the
 MG> experiences of his life that show his character, integrity
 MG> and essential decency. These qualities mattered in America
 MG> 's first president and will matter as Americans decide on
 MG> their 44th president.

 When Richard Nixon was in college he had a roommate who was a
 parapalegic. Everyday Nixon would come home from class, and
 carry his roommate up the stairs to their apartement.

 In that Nixon showed in himself the potential to be a great man.
 Yet that did not stop him from winning the election of 1972 by
 breaking the law, and eventualy resigning in disgrace.

 McCain sold his honor for a chance at power. If this country is
 blessed he will not gain the power, and he will never regain his
 honor.

 A man who betrays his family will betray anyone, and everything
 he should hold sacred.


BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

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