CBS Face the Nation
January 8, 2012
The recent episode of Face the Nation on CBS featured John McCain and his view on Mitt Romney whom he recently endorsed. McCain and Romney were both candidates in the Republican primary in 2008 and needless to say, they were pretty intense towards each other. Romney claimed back in 2008 that McCain was spreading lies about him and how his tax rates have shot up in Massachusetts. Romney said back then that he wouldn’t be McCain’s vice president either. McCain said that after he was declared the nominee of the Republican Party, Romney was in full support of him and did a lot for his campaign. I guess McCain owed Romney and so he endorsed him. Mc Cain believes that Romney is the best qualified for the Republican nominee and that he admires him and his family. He says that they have many of the same values and principles. Rick Santorum, however, said that John McCain “ does not know what torture is” pertaining to the interrogation techniques used in Bush’s administration but not in the Obama’s administration. McCain laughed it off and disregarded what Santorum said. McCain says that he will endorse whomever is the candidate chosen to represent the Republican Party in the election. I found it interesting that McCain and Romney who were practically enemies four years ago have come to great terms on behalf of their party. Party affiliations really shape people who are in higher governmental offices and it really has deep ties. McCain said that even though they lashed at each other and there were heated arguments, all of this was done to advance the Republican Party. It seems like everything is done for the Republican Party so even if candidates have insulted to each other to point where they don’t even remember what point they were trying to make, they still would rather have the Republican Party in office rather than the Democratic Party. McCain and Romney are a prime example of this and so was Bush and Reagan, as McCain had brought up as an example of how this has happened before. People who are loyal to the party are willing to do anything for the betterment of their party.
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