Bush Ought to Remember His Fair-Weather Friends.(Politics&Opinions)

The New York Observer (New York, NY) | February 28, 2000 | Copyright

Byline: Richard Brookhiser

Finally, something to like about John McCain. He told the reporters on Straight Talk Express that his jailers in North Vietnam were "gooks." He said they tormented him and killed his friends; they deserve whatever ugly epithet lies at hand; he wouldn't use the term on anyone who was not a Communist P.O.W.- torturer; and he refused to apologize. If we could get him imprisoned by trial lawyers or journalists, something might yet be made of him.

After South Carolina, the McCain phenomenon is probably headed for eclipse. But, like ...

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