McCain And His Senate Pals Love This New Swift Boat Group

Sorry for the sparse blogging recently, I was enjoying Memorial Day Weekend in San Francisco.

Lots of news to cover. Most important, in my mind, is this new McCain-527 scandal. You see, John McCain has long railed against 527s and other outside groups that infect our politics with smear attacks. John McCain even co-authored the McCain-Feingold legislation to limit these kinds of soft-money attack groups. And this month, McCain declared that nobody who works for a 527 can also work on his campaign.

The only problem? McCain has no principles, he's the Double Talk Express, and he has no interest in actually following his words with actions. As you may know, he is already gaming the FEC system. Now it's been revealed that two of his campaign co-chairs, Sen. Joe Lieberman and Sen. Lindsay Graham, are on the board of advisors of a despicable Swift Boat 527 called "Vets for Freedom".

I'll let Jed Report provide a video summary:



Basically, McCain's credibility is on the line. Either Graham and Lieberman resign from Vets for Freedom, or they resign from the McCain campaign. They can't have it both ways, and McCain looks weaker every day this is unresolved.

Imagine if George W. Bush appeared at a Swift Boat Veterans for Truth rally. Could he really distance himself from their attacks after that? It's the same thing here. Even if/when Lieberman and Graham pick sides, McCain is still tarnished. Every time Vets for Freedom runs an ad questioning Obama's patriotism, remember that McCain stood proud on a stage with those scumbags.