Yesterday John Kerry tried to discredit John McCain. The formerly French presidential candidate, in an interview, claimed that McCain had rushed him to be the loser's VP candidate when he ran for president (of the US). Kerry's contact with the truth, beginning with his work with the Vietnam Veterans Against the War, has been transitory at best. But this whopper was laughable. Luckily, most people just chuckle when he presents one of these tall tales. In reality what probably happened is Mr. Kerry begged McCain to join his team and McCain correctly assessed that Kerry was a loser. (And what's more Kerry's Massachusetts liberalism did not fit with McCain's independence.)
At the same time he said that McCain had had discussions after the 2000 election about possibly switching parties. I suspect that one is true. But again, after the 2000 election I suspect a number of people were approached. In the end only Jim Jeffords decided to make the switch.
I am not a fan of Mr. McCain's. But the chance that McCain would make such a blunder as to seriously entertain an offer from Kerry to join his ticket is beyond the realm of belief. But then those kinds of misrepresentations are Kerry's stock in trade. If he could only take McArthur's dictum and just fade away.
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