But we'll let that go. It's been hashed over even on the mainstream news networks and everywhere in the political blogosphere. I'd like to focus on one brief exchange that occurred during McCain's interview session, documented at the Pensito Review:
WARREN: OK, we don’t have to beleaguer on that one. Define marriage.
MCCAIN: A union — a union between man and woman, between one man and one woman. That’s my definition of marriage.
Could I — are we going to get back to the importance of Supreme Court Justices or should I mention –
WARREN: We will get to that.
MCCAIN: OK. All right. OK.
WARREN: You’re jumping ahead…
(CROSSTALK)
MCCAIN: When we speak of the issue of the rights to the unborn, we need to talk about judges. But, anyway, go ahead.
This is most curious. The Supreme Court had not been discussed with McCain. The words and topic had not come up during his maybe 10-minute session. (Here's the CNN transcript of both interviews.) According to a Townhall column, Warren says in an interview with Beliefnet that it's a "flat-out lie" that McCain cheated and knew the questions ahead of time.
MCCAIN: Could I — are we going to get back to the importance of Supreme Court Justices or should I mention –Judge for yourself.
WARREN: We will get to that.
MCCAIN: OK. All right. OK.
WARREN: You’re jumping ahead…
This juror does not vote to convict. He knew that in front of this crowd he would need to emphasize his promise to appoint conservative judges and justices.
ReplyDeleteWhen later asked about tension between security and freedom McCain also threw in a phrase about secret ballots for union elections - which was not asked about anywhere else before or after. I think he was just making sure his memorized talking points got in regardless of the question.
Not guilty.
To add to my previous comment, since you were kind enough to provide a link to the transcript of the presentation...I looked it up.
ReplyDeleteIn the question immediately preceding your quote, McCain is asked about abortion and the Supreme Court case Roe v Wade. His response is that he will be a pro-life President and will have pro-life policies. That seems like a very short step to talking about the Supreme Court and his appointees - which may be why he spoke of the Supreme Court in the next section - to complete his thought from the previous section.
Not guilty.