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Article: Waiting for Straight Talk
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- The Washington Post
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- January 20, 2008
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In 2004, one of John McCain's closest associates, John Weaver,
spoke to John Kerry about the possibility of McCain running as
Kerry's vice presidential running mate. In "No Excuses," Bob Shrum's
memoir of his role in numerous presidential campaigns, including
Kerry's, Shrum writes that Weaver assured Kerry that "McCain was
serious about the possibility of teaming up with him," and Kerry
approached McCain. He, however, was more serious about seeking the
2008 Republican nomination.
But was it unreasonable for Kerry to think McCain might be
comfortable on a Democratic ticket? Not really.
In ABC's New Hampshire debate, McCain said: "Why shouldn't we be
able to reimport drugs from Canada?" A ...