The GOP Candidate Breaks a Promise
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A July 26 editorial criticized Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), correctly in my view, for reneging on his promise to conduct a civil campaign. He claimed that his rival was willing to lose the war in Iraq to win the election. This clearly imputed to Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) a lack of patriotism.
Mr. McCain pursued this tactic during the brouhaha over Mr. Obama's decision to cancel a visit to wounded soldiers in Germany. All this is of a piece with Mr. McCain's earlier comments in which he embraced a much larger target -- the majority of the voting public who turned over control of both houses of Congress to the Democrats in 2006.
The overriding motivation for this change was the desire to end the U.S. role in the war in Iraq. Mr. McCain characterized opponents of his Iraq policies as "waving the white flag" of surrender.
Such a sentiment clearly implies cowardice and perhaps treason on the part of his opponents on Iraq. A statement like that is not designed to bring us together, an objective that should be uppermost in a presidential candidate's intentions.
ELLIOTT SCHIFFMANN
Chevy Chase
