McCain's "Scenic Route" To A Rubber Stamp: Even WaPo's Hiatt Says So
(Guest Post by Big Tent Democrat)
Dan Bartlett: "We proposed a more direct approach to bringing clarification. This one is more of the scenic route, but it gets us there."
You know John McCain miscalculated when Fred Hiatt calls him a Rubberstamp:
[I]t's hard to credit the statement by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) yesterday that "there's no doubt that the integrity and letter and spirit of the Geneva Conventions have been preserved." In effect, the agreement means that U.S. violations of international human rights law can continue as long as Mr. Bush is president, with Congress's tacit assent. If they do, America's standing in the world will continue to suffer, as will the fight against terrorism.
This very well may be McCain's Waterloo with the Beltway. Hiatt has put the Dean, David Broder, between a rock and a hard place. He loves the "Maverick" but if Hiatt calls something a Bush Rubberstamp what is Broder left to do?
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