McCain: "I'm Impotent"

Barack Obama, being the man he is, has set a goal of shutting down so-called 527 groups and their third-party attacks on competitors. John McCain, having much less moral fiber -- to say the least -- and displaying a huge lack of backbone, has said that he's impotent in the matter. As noted at TPM:

GOP presidential contender John McCain says he can't control every attack ad aimed at Democrat Barack Obama and fully expects he'll face a similar barrage, sounding the bell for a raucous general election brawl.

"I can't be a referee of every spot run on television," McCain told the Herald in an exclusive interview. "I admire Sen. Obama and his accomplishments, but we all know there are groups who want to attack me."

The Arizona senator's hands-off posture on attack ads by now-infamous tax-free and unaccountable political groups called 527s marks a softening of his view on the negative campaign tactic -- and opens the door to a no-holds-barred five-month scramble.

What a maverick this guy is!

12 June 2008

Edit: Just to show you how a real leader takes charge. Grow a pair, McCain!