[JustTheTruth]

John McCain can't help himself. What a total loser/egomaniac/nut. Let's see - he regularly criticizes President Bush, but he is not going to criticize John F'n Kerry????

[mabelkitty]

Two boys who made big dollars with normalized relations with Vietnam.
Of course he's going to stick up for him - Kerry and McCain both married well, and both families have business interests with their Vietnam sellout.

[MarkT]

Now, now, let's be fair to John...he has the same pre-disposition to marrying wealth as Kerry does...he is only sticking up for one of his own...

[shellylet]

He just always sounds so bitter to me!
I guess he couldn't handle getting whipped by Pres. Bush!

[Tax-chick]

Maybe he has a brain tumor.

[ambrose]

Actually, the news media is distorting what McCainiac said.

Yes, McCain said he wouldn't term Kerry "weak on defense"... but McCain then added that Kerry's voting record on defense is fair game in the campaign, and there were many parts of the record that he did not agree with... but the media ran with the "sound bite"... typical of the liberal media.

[LuigiBasco]

Who's going to believe one of the Keating Five?

[CommerceComet]

Maybe there is some good strategic thinking here:

Let McCain develop a reputation of being a "fair" critic of Kerry now when few people are listening. Then when he lowers the boom later in the campaign, it will have much more impact as McCain's reputation for "fairness" is already established.

[BushisTheMan]

McCain, the Manchurian candidate.

[teletech]

When will Republicans tell McInsane to SHUT THE HELL UP OR MOVE ON? Probably never, I'd guess.

[aspiring.hillbilly]

Scumbags like mccain and kerry always seem to gravitate to each other.... mccain needs to be purged out of the republican party we are getting tired of his politics and wanton deviations from republicanism..

[beckett]

After a brief flirtation with becoming a McCain supporter some years ago, I soon realized he's an egotistical jerk of the first rank. Since then my opinion of him has been reinforced just about every time he opens his mouth. He can always be counted upon to stab his fellow Republicans in the back if it might help raise his profile with the public, which is what the above pro-Kerry remarks are all about.

[OldFriend]

No doubt the two Johns share the same views about our military.

[Darlin']

McCain ain't no maverick, just a egotistical nut job with some kinda twisted guilt driven, persecution complex. IMO, he craves attention so much that he is willing to be kicked around just to be the focus of the discussion.

[Militiaman7]

McManiac is off his meds. That's all, give the poor guy a break.

Pssss, John you will never be a VP canidate on J F"onda" Kerry's ticket.

[ZULU]

Watch this s.o.b. He just MIGHT bolt the party for his "good friend" John Kerry.

Too bad the Viet Cong didn't break his neck instead of his arms.

[miloklancy]

"We have differences of opinion, but I'm not going to criticize John Kerry,"

It seems McCain will jump at the chance to criticize people in his own party including the President, but won't criticize a Dem, especially the one Dem who is trying to unseat the President. Once again I call on the people of Arizona to get this man out of public office. McCain is a liar if he thinks Kerry isn't weak on defense.

[Brilliant]

McCain is easily fooled. Witness CFR.

[Gritty]

McCain said: "I don't think that. I think that John Kerry is a good and decent man. . . . I think he has different points of view..."

Good ole John McCain ("R"-AZ).

OK. Let's re-write the ad, shall we? Instead of...

John Kerry Is Weak On Defense!!

...let's make it...

John Kerry Is A Good And Decent Man
Who Merely Has A Different Point Of View!!

Yeah. That's the ticket. That'll do it. That's sharpen the lines and win the Election!