The Sacramento Bee Endorses John McCain

"As a senator with 20 years experience, a former Navy pilot and Vietnam prisoner of war, McCain has the independence, moral compass and public service ethos to renew the presidency and his party. McCain is a partisan Republican in the mold of Theodore Roosevelt. And, like T.R., he is not a prisoner of doctrinaire thinking or poisonous hyperpartisan politics." The Sacramento Bee (Sacramento, CA)
Excerpts from, " The Bee recommends: McCain"

Editorial The Sacramento Bee (Sacramento, California)January 21, 2008
The Bee recommends: McCain - For GOP, a nominee of principle
With no incumbent in the 2008 presidential race, the American people (and the Republican Party) face a clean break from the eight-year Bush presidency. That makes John McCain the clear choice for us. As a senator with 20 years experience, a former Navy pilot and Vietnam prisoner of war, McCain has the independence, moral compass and public service ethos to renew the presidency and his party.

McCain is a partisan Republican in the mold of Theodore Roosevelt. And, like T.R., he is not a prisoner of doctrinaire thinking or poisonous hyperpartisan politics.
On issues that matter to California such as immigration, climate change and free trade McCain has forged bipartisan coalitions and been willing to take unpopular stands.

Climate change is real; that debate is over, he says. He was an early leader in Congress in proposing "cap and trade" legislation to reduce emissions. ...

He has relentlessly fought to expose and eliminate wasteful pork projects.
With McCain, there would be no more presidential hedging on waterboarding or support for torture. "I'd close Guantnamo Bay and I'd declare we never torture another person in American custody," he has said. Terrorists, he insists, are "the quintessence of evil." But, he continues, "it's not about them; it's about us" what Americans stand for in the world. ...

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