"Aides to Sen. John McCain confronted a telecommunications lobbyist in late 1999 and asked her to distance herself from the senator during the presidential campaign he was about to launch…" [Read more]
"Even as [McCain] has vowed to hold himself to the highest ethical standards, his confidence in his own integrity has sometimes seemed to blind him to potentially embarrassing conflicts of interest." [Read more]
"John McCain is the presumptive GOP nominee for president. In the face of serious opposition, his campaign is reaching out to movement leaders and trying to make nice." [Read more]
"After a trio of wins Tuesday night in Virginia, Maryland and the nation's capital, John McCain was still playing second fiddle this campaign season, his proper coronation delayed again." [Read more]
"What part of John McCain do we not get? McCain-Kennedy, McCain-Feingold, McCain-Lieberman, McCain-Edwards — among other socialist, anti-speech, open-borders, enviro-Marxist measures he's co-sponsored with the hardcore left of the Democratic Party over the years." [Read more]
"The total Virginia GOP turnout was less than half the Democratic turnout… and according to news reports, over 14 million voters have participated in the Democratic primaries, with fewer than 9 million in the GOP primaries — a stunningly ominous sign for the November general election." [Read more]
"As Sen. John McCain assumes the GOP front-runner mantle, his long-standing, but little-noticed association with left-wing donors such as George Soros and Teresa Heinz Kerry is receiving new attention among his Republican critics." [Read more]
The group Vietnam Veterans Against McCain criticizes McCain's conduct as a POW and his later actions as a Senator when he successfully blocked the release of classified POW/MIA documents. [See video]
"Whoa... what a firestorm. At the insistence of many TTPers, last week's "How the Clintons Will Destroy John McCain" was made a free access article and promptly went viral over the Internet, becoming explosively controversial." [Read more]
"With John McCain poised to win the Republican nomination, Democrats are already gathering ammunition to use against him in the general election." [Read more]
"Even though he is clearly the Republican frontrunner, Super Tuesday's results show McCain has not only failed to energize the Republican Party faithful — he has alienated it." [Read more]
"...'McCain has gotten a free ride from the media,' says [David] Keene.... 'Indeed, he’s gotten better treatment than any GOP candidate I can remember.'" [Read more]
Ronald Kessler, February 3, 2008
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