Senator John McCain Defends Russ Feingold
Posted at 9:46:24 on April 29, 2004
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is reporting (read full article here) that Republican Senator John McCain is defending Democrat Russ Feingold from his Republican opponents' accusations.
Republican Sen. John McCain on Wednesday provided a stout defense of his odd-couple ally, Sen. Russ Feingold, against charges made by Wisconsin Republican rivals that a Feingold national security vote was "un-American" and "cowardly."
"I've dealt with Senator Feingold for years . . . and we agreed on campaign finance reform and we have disagreed on other issues. I've never known him as cowardly," McCain said in a phone interview. "I've never characterized any of my colleagues as 'un-American.' "
Those charges were made April 15 in Madison during a debate among candidates seeking the Republican nomination and a chance to unseat Feingold, a two-term Democrat. The comments were a reference to Feingold's lone dissent in 2001 against the USA Patriot Act. That legislation expanded federal powers in the name of combating terrorist threats. Feingold argued that it went too far and eroded civil liberties.
- Trae
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