Wall Street Journal questions McCain's honor

McCain Owes Sarah Some Straight Talk

*
By WILLIAM MCGURN

Where's John McCain's honor when we need it?

........................

We are asked to believe that Mrs. Palin was not ready for a national campaign. On what evidence from any part of this election are we to conclude that anyone on the McCain campaign team was ready for a national campaign?

Let's stipulate that Mrs. Palin was not perfect. Regardless whose idea the Katie Couric interview was, it went badly and left some damage. The phone call she took from a comedian pretending to be French Prime Minister Nicolas Sarkozy didn't help. Neither did her assignment as campaign attack dog, the traditional role for any vice presidential candidate.

..................

It wasn't Mrs. Palin who dramatically flew to Washington promising a legislative answer to the most important economic issue of our day -- and then, in the words of a New York Times campaign profile, "came off more like a stymied bystander than a leader who could make a difference."

....................

It will be instructive to see whether Mr. McCain will now extend the same level of graciousness to Mrs. Palin that he has to Mr. Obama, by giving a public slapdown to the very public smears emanating from his own campaign team. We have no idea what Mr. McCain will do when he sits down with Mr. Leno tonight.

But there's no doubt what a man of honor would do.

more at:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122637257625116453.html
via:
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Wall_Street_Journal_questions_McCains_honor_1111.html

"Let's stipulate that Mrs. Palin was not perfect."

Yes, let's. :eyes: