John McCain ready for new duties, Lindsay Graham says
February 7th, 2008, 3:23 pm · 1 Comment · posted by Paul Giblin
John McCain’s biggest challenge between now and Nov. 4 is to say focused, said Sen. Lindsay Graham, R-S.C., who traveled with McCain on Super Tuesday and Just Getting By On Coffee Wednesday.
“His world is about to change,” Lindsay told reporters at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport before boarding McCain’s jet for Washington, D.C., on Wednesday morning.
“The more presumptive nominee status you obtain, the more security you’re going to have, and the relationship he has with y’all may change a bit. But I’d hate to be the Secret Service agent who told him he couldn’t talk to y’all,” said the native South Carolinian.
McCain has been becoming more mentally prepared every day for the rigors of becoming the presumptive nominee, party leader and president, Graham said.
“There’s nobody I’ve ever met more prepared to lead this country in the times in which we live. The challenges are great. They’re immense. And John has paid a heavy price for what he believes in life,” he said.
“He’s sacrificed for his country – and I don’t think it’s an accident that God has kept him around all these years. He’s got one last mission to go on. I really, honest to God believe that, that he’s here for a reason and his next assignment will be as commander in chief,” Graham said.
February 24th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Despite the negative feedback to the New York Times’ recent article, I would like to know more about McCain’s role in the Keating/Savings & Loan scandal of the early 90s. McCain received some sort of rebuke from the U.S. Senate if I remember correctly, which does not indicate to me that he is necessarily as sterling a senator as some would like us to believe. It may even cast doubt on his suitability as a candidate for some. It’s one more hard question for him to confront, like it or not.