EVEN JOHN HARRIS ADMITS GEN. CLARK WAS CORRECT

(h/t FAIR)

John Harris is Editor in Chief of Politico.com and told NPR that Wesley Clark's comment about McCain was prefectly reasonable¹:

PESCA: Yeah, I know, and I listen to them on the iPod later. But I did see the Clark quote online, and I almost fell off my chair. I thought that was a beyond-the-pale attack, especially by a fellow member of the military. But then, I saw it in more context, it seemed a more understandable quote. He was answering a question. But what are your thoughts on it?

Mr. HARRIS: Well, he certainly was responding to a question from CBS host Bob Schieffer. Nonetheless, that was definitely the line that echoed off the Sunday shows, because, in whatever context, that's a pretty - speaking of audacity, that's a pretty audacious statement, to seemingly challenge what is John McCain's most impressive personal and political asset, which is his war service and extraordinary human sacrifice, spending five years in a Vietnam war prison.

Now, logically, he's right. What does that have to do with whether or not he would be a good president? Not much, if anything. But nonetheless, a real eye-opener, and the thing is, you can find much stronger stuff on liberal blogs. We had a story in Politico today about just a number of commentators saying, wait a minute, what is John McCain's war record, really?

¹National Public Radio (NPR)
June 30, 2008 Monday
SHOW: The Bryant Park Project 8:00-9:00 AM
Candidates' Surrogates Sling Mud
LENGTH: 1466 words