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McCain and Hagel: The wrong side of history
By Richard Cohen, WashPost, Updated: February 1, 2013
If real estate is all about location, location, location, then so is politics. The one place you don’t want to be located is on the proverbial wrong side of history — which is precisely where Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) placed his former senate colleague Chuck Hagel at the latter’s confirmation hearing yesterday for secretary of defense. This has got to be crowded piece of property. When it comes to the wrong side of history, McCain has a virtual time share.
In a particularly snarky and characteristically angry exchange with his one-time buddy, McCain excoriated Hagel for opposing the so called surge in Iraqin 2007. Wasn’t that wrong? McCain wanted to know. Hagel tried a little rope-a-dope, but McCain was having none of it.
“I actually would like an answer, yes, or no,” McCain said.
“Well, I’m not going to give you a yes or no,” Hagel said.
McCain bore in. “I think history has already made a judgment about the surge, sir, and you’re on the wrong side of it,” McCain said. “And your refusal to answer whether you were right or wrong about it is going to have an impact on my judgment as to whether I vote for your confirmation or not.”
(More here.)
If real estate is all about location, location, location, then so is politics. The one place you don’t want to be located is on the proverbial wrong side of history — which is precisely where Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) placed his former senate colleague Chuck Hagel at the latter’s confirmation hearing yesterday for secretary of defense. This has got to be crowded piece of property. When it comes to the wrong side of history, McCain has a virtual time share.
In a particularly snarky and characteristically angry exchange with his one-time buddy, McCain excoriated Hagel for opposing the so called surge in Iraqin 2007. Wasn’t that wrong? McCain wanted to know. Hagel tried a little rope-a-dope, but McCain was having none of it.
“I actually would like an answer, yes, or no,” McCain said.
“Well, I’m not going to give you a yes or no,” Hagel said.
McCain bore in. “I think history has already made a judgment about the surge, sir, and you’re on the wrong side of it,” McCain said. “And your refusal to answer whether you were right or wrong about it is going to have an impact on my judgment as to whether I vote for your confirmation or not.”
(More here.)
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