McCain surrogate defends Swift Boaters
June 30, 2008
Categories: John McCain
Ben Smith
The Politico
One of the participants in McCain's conference call today was Colonel Bud Day, a longtime McCain ally who was also a member of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth in 2004.
I asked Day whether how he'd compare the attacks he was saying McCain faces today -- from Wes Clark and other Democrats -- to the attacks on John Kerry's war record from the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth in 2004.
"The Swift Boat 'attacks' were simply revelation of the truth," said Day, a former prisoner of war and Medal of Honor recipient who served in the Air Force. "The similarity does not exist here."
"What the Swift Boat campaign was about was to lay out John Kerry's record. John Kerry has never produced any evidence to deny that," he said.
In contrast, he said, he and others on the call had produced "evidence pointing out that [Clark's] remarks were completely inaccurate."
"One was about laying out the truth. This one is about attempting ot cast a new shadow on John McCain," he said of the salvos at the two military men.
Will McCain denounce Col. Day?
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