Poor John McCain: Forced Against His Honor to Run an Ugly Campaign (public)

Oct 17, 2008 - by Salon.com by Glenn Greenwald Time's Ana Marie Cox, in a Bloggingheads discussion [1] with Ann Althouse, does an excellent job of expressing what is still, amazingly enough, the prevailing media view of John McCain: namely, that this deeply honorable and principled man is vehemently opposed to running an ugly, dirty campaign against Barack Obama, and that is happening despite McCain's deep opposition to such campaigns and the way it profoundly violates his code of honor. Cox, who is traveling with the McCain campaign (yet again), first shared a few memories and sentiments about her experiences with the candidate over the years: When I got on the plane the other day, McCain said hi to me. . - 6 Comments