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There’s a highly laudatory Wall Street Journal editorial on John McCain this morning. For the record, let me say that I agree with every word.
McCain’s support for the war and his refusal to heed the pleas of his erstwhile pals in the media has indeed been his finest hour. The Journal references one particular snippet from McCain’s “60 Minutes” interview with CBS’ Scott Pelley that I also found remarkable:
The most revealing exchange came when Mr. Pelley, in all apparent seriousness, asked the Senator "at what point do you stop doing what you think is right and you start doing what the majority of the American people want?"
Answered Mr. McCain: "I disagree with what the majority of the American people want. I still believe the majority of the American people, when asked, say if you can show them a path to success . . . then they'll support it." Later Mr. Pelley observed that Mr. McCain was betting his entire campaign on the success of the current "surge" strategy in Baghdad. The Senator replied that he'd "rather lose a campaign than lose a war."
“At what point do you stop doing what you think is right?” What a perfect example of the amoral sophistry that infects the media, academia and other American institutions. One wonders if, even upon reading the transcript, whether Pelley will realize how repulsive this inquiry was.
As the Journal say, McCain on Iraq has been McCain at his best. He has shown character, something some members of the media wouldn’t recognize if it smacked them with a 2 x 4.
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