[AuntB]

“McCain refuses to call 0bama a Socialist.”

But he has/had no problem criticizing Bush or conservatives.

McCain defends Kerry on defense Arizona senator says GOP rhetoric ‘not helpful’

March. 18, 2004

WASHINGTON - Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said Thursday he did not believe Democratic candidate John Kerry, a friend and Senate colleague, was weak on defense or would compromise national security if elected president.

“This kind of rhetoric, I think, is not helpful in educating and helping the American people make a choice,” McCain said on “The Early Show” on CBS. “You know, it’s the most bitter and partisan campaign that I’ve ever observed. I think it’s because both parties are going to their bases rather than going to the middle. I regret it.”[snip]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4555261/

[Servant of the Cross]

But he has had no problem criticizing Bush or conservatives.

Exactly. It is instinctive second nature for McCain to go postal on conservatives, but he'll never criticize his liberal socialist "friends". Feh on McCain.