Pale Rider
01-20-2008, 05:15 PM
McCain Campaigns for Liberal Sen. Chafee
Monday, June 19, 2006 11:56 a.m. EDT
Arizona Senator John McCain is the latest heavyweight Republican to pitch in for his liberal Rhode Island colleague, Sen. Lincoln Chafee, who now faces a tough primary contest to retain his seat in the Senate.
Chafee - regarded by many conservatives as a typical RINO (Republican in Name Only) - is running in the September 12 GOP primary against Cranston Mayor Stephen Laffey, who disagrees with Chafee on the issue of Iraq.
Chafee, who voted against the war, has waffled on the issue of setting a time table for troop withdrawal while Laffey insists that the United States must keep its troops in Iraq until the country is stable and able to defend itself against the terrorists.
And while McCain's position is the same as Chafee's opponent, he went to Rhode Island Saturday to campaign for Chafee, while emphasizing that the United States must not set a deadline for withdrawal. McCain admited that "mistakes have been made in this war," adding " . . . it has lasted much longer than any of us have ever anticipated."
Story continues here... (http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/6/19/120522.shtml?s=ic)
Monday, June 19, 2006 11:56 a.m. EDT
Arizona Senator John McCain is the latest heavyweight Republican to pitch in for his liberal Rhode Island colleague, Sen. Lincoln Chafee, who now faces a tough primary contest to retain his seat in the Senate.
Chafee - regarded by many conservatives as a typical RINO (Republican in Name Only) - is running in the September 12 GOP primary against Cranston Mayor Stephen Laffey, who disagrees with Chafee on the issue of Iraq.
Chafee, who voted against the war, has waffled on the issue of setting a time table for troop withdrawal while Laffey insists that the United States must keep its troops in Iraq until the country is stable and able to defend itself against the terrorists.
And while McCain's position is the same as Chafee's opponent, he went to Rhode Island Saturday to campaign for Chafee, while emphasizing that the United States must not set a deadline for withdrawal. McCain admited that "mistakes have been made in this war," adding " . . . it has lasted much longer than any of us have ever anticipated."
Story continues here... (http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/6/19/120522.shtml?s=ic)