Romney Once Admired McCain's Record In Washington

Who called John McCain: “… Washington’s number one watchdog against waste" ?

Yes, it was Mitt Romney, in Turnaround.

When Mr. Romney criticizes McCain for spending 24 years in Washington and accomplishing nothing, just bear in mind the political imperative.

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Yes and here's McCain talking effusively about Romney's honesty and integrity...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA7JTDjG-Po

Posted by braddahmike | January 23, 2008 11:42 PM

Marc are you on meds? "When Mr. Romney criticizes McCain for spending 24 years in Washington and accomplishing nothing, just bear in mind the political imperative." When as in if, or do you have a quote, or are you drunk with the bipolar, echo-chamber of Ann Marie Cox and Glen Johnson. Better yet why don't investigate Clinton and Obama lobbyists and their campaign claims.

Posted by mikeVA | January 24, 2008 12:52 AM

This is a very vague reference and much ado about nothing. No ones really saying that McCain isn't against spending. It's that he's against a number of conservative principles, acts more like a Dem at times, has consistently shown leadership on the wrong issues, alienates his own party, has supressed speech from pro-life groups, was and still would vote against the Bush tax cuts but is for them too, wants amnesty with Big Ted, didn't want to secure the border--uh yeah...that area that is in his own STATE! And HE is the flip-flopper for seeing the light to try to save his campaign.

Doesn't sound like McCain was much of an Olympic fan and I think we know what his mother also thinks about the Olympics and Mitt.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSqmWC30ZRY

Posted by MJn | January 24, 2008 2:15 AM

EVIDENCE PLEASE that Mitt, "criticizes McCain for spending 24 years in Washington and accomplishing nothing."
If you're going to throw out rediculous claims like this then at least provide some evidence(however vague) to support your charge!

Posted by George McFlugalson | January 24, 2008 1:03 PM

Romney's complaint seems to be that McCain has had 24 years in the Senate, and has not accomplished much. Yeah, he used the word "nothing," but that's just a general assessment. In American parlance, we take it for granted he doesn't mean McCain sat in a chair reading a newspaper the entire time; if he were saying that, he'd have said that he "literally accomplished nothing."

The passage in question doesn't really contradict that assessment; as the reader, I might regard McCain's irritation over the use of federal troops at the Olympics as petty, bureaucratic micromanagement, and his role as "Washington's number one watchdog against waste" as more of the same. I'd need to see more of the context to determine whether Romney actually meant something affirming.

These press "gotchas" are getting pretty tiresome.

Posted by Plumb Bob | January 24, 2008 1:13 PM