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McCain Denies Secret Overture to Kerry
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| Last Edited | particleman Apr 03, 2007 11:31pm |
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| News Date | Wednesday, April 4, 2007 05:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) has riled both parties by charging that Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) approached him about joining the Democratic presidential ticket in 2004.
Now, the assertion has drawn a detailed rebuttal by top McCain aides, who consider the charge a bid for attention by Kerry.
They contend that Kerry pursued the maverick McCain repeatedly but was rebuffed decisively on each approach. “Each conversation, McCain would say, ‘No, John, no,’ and raise objections,” said Mark Salter, who was McCain’s Senate chief of staff then and now is senior adviser to his campaign for the GOP presidential nomination.
“Then, Kerry would say, ‘Would you just please do me a favor? Will you listen to my pitch if I come back to you with another idea?’” Salter said. “McCain just said, ‘It’s not going to work.’ And then Kerry would come back with preposterous ideas, essentially turning over the national security part of the presidency to McCain.”
Kerry made the comments Monday in Portland, Ore., during an interview with Jonathan Singer of MyDD.com, one of the most prominent liberal blogs, which posted audio of the exchange on Tuesday.
Singer asked Kerry about a report in The Hill newspaper last week that McCain had talked to Democratic senators about leaving the Republican Party in 2001. |
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