McCain’s message for Mitt
By Scot Lehigh | Wednesday, October 17, 2007 | The Boston Globe
“…Speaking in Nevada on Friday, Romney asserted that he spoke for “the Republican wing of the Republican Party.”
McCain, who was a GOP stalwart back when Mitt was an independent donating to Democrats, promptly pounced. In a Saturday speech, McCain noted that his Republican rival had voted for Democrat Paul Tsongas for president in the 1992 primary, spoken slightingly of the Reagan era, and even opposed Newtie’s Contract with America.
That blast made front-page news in New Hampshire – and when I talked with McCain on Sunday, the Arizona senator was ready to press the point.
“If you’re going to make that claim, then it’s important to look at the record,” McCain told me. And Romney’s record, McCain said, left his claim “very much open to question….”…BS
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