Sen. John McCain's letter to Sinclair Broadcasting (see previous post) on their refusal to allow their affiliates to carry the Nightline which is devoted to honoring American war dead gives his Republican opinion on the subject.
To summarize, McCains says Sinclair Broadcasting's action is deeply offensive, irresponsible, insensitive to veterans and their families, without valid reason, misguided, a gross disservice to the public and to our soldiers, deserving of the public's criticism and flat-out unpatriotic.
How many other Republican officials will step up to the plate on this one? How many of those who were denouncing John Kerry on the House floor as "Hanoi John" and the like will do so?
Being an effective war party and being the party that comforts the comfortable aren't always compatable. Will McCain be a "maverick" Republican on this issue as well? The Republicans stomp and cheer when Bush prances around on an aircraft carrier in his flight suit. But how many of them will speak up on behalf of honoring America's war dead and against Sinclair Broadcasting's refusal to do so?
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