Thursday, September 04, 2008
McCain the Hero
Great line from a jovial American interviewed by Newsnight's Peter Marshall this evening. "I think McCain's a great American hero. What he went through I could never do." [pause, while interviewer waits for final endorsement of McCain]. "And that's why we need Barack Obama as president - to make sure no-one ever has to go through that again". Excellent.
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