Kerry: McCain's judgment 'dangerous,' candidate a 'changed man' RAW STORY

Published: Sunday July 6, 2008





Print This Email This "John McCain has changed in profound and fundamental ways that I find personally really surprising, and frankly upsetting," said Democratic Senator John Kerry in a Sunday appearance on CBS's Face the Nation. "This is a different John McCain. This is not the Senator John McCain; this is want-to-be president John McCain." Sen. Kerry was the 2004 Democratic nominee for president. He lost the election by a narrow margin. "And the result is that John McCain has flip-flopped on more issues than I was even ever accused possibly of thinking about!" continued Kerry. "I mean, this is extraordinary what he's done: He's changed on taxes; he's now in favor of the Bush tax cut. If you like the Bush economy, if you like the Bush tax cut and what it's done to our economy, making wealthier people wealthier and the average middle class struggle harder, then John McCain is going to give you a third term of George Bush and Karl Rove. "If you like what has happened to oil prices, John McCain is going to continue that policy. If you like what you see about health care, John McCain has no health care plan. "I would have at least expected the John McCain that I knew back then to realize what almost every person in the Pentagon has admitted. There are very few who walk around and say, 'Going into Iraq was the right thing to do, and we should have done it, or do it again if I have the chance.' John McCain does. "I'm challenging Senator McCain's judgment, that says, 'There's no violent history between Sunni and Shia.' That's wrong. His judgment that says, 'This is going to increase the stability of the Middle East.' It hasn't, it's made it less stable. The judgment that says, quote, 'This will be the best thing for America and the world in a long time. It's the worst thing that we've done in a long time. And he's turned his [focus] away from Afghanistan and al Qaeda and made America less safe. That's dangerous for our country." READ THE REST. The following video is from the Sunday July 6,2008 broadcast of Face the Nation: