John McCain On ABC's "This Week"

I think people make a judgment by what we do and what we don't do. He certainly found time to do other things." -- John McCain

John McCain
ABC's "This Week"
July 27, 2008

ABC's George Stephanopoulos: "There's also been a flap about Senator Obama's decision in Germany not to visit the troops at Landstuhl. He now says that, based on what he was hearing from the Pentagon, there was no way that wouldn't be seen as a political trip, which is why he decided not to go. Do you accept that explanation?"

John McCain: "Well, I know this, those troops would have loved to have seen him. And I know of no Pentagon regulation that would have prevented him from going there without the media and the press and all of the associated people. Nothing that I know of would have kept him from visiting those wounded troops. And they are gravely wounded, many of them."
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"In Landstuhl, Germany, when I went through, I visited the hospital. But the important thing is that, if I had been told by the Pentagon that I couldn't visit those troops, and I was there and wanted to be there, I guarantee you, there would have been a seismic event. And so, I believe he had the opportunity to go without the media. And I'll let the facts speak for themselves."
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"There was nothing to prevent him from going, if he went without the press and the media and his campaign people. But we'll see what happens."
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"I think people make a judgment by what we do and what we don't do. He certainly found time to do other things."

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