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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (7221)	10/17/2006 1:57:46 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 224720

Hillary apologizes Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton called Sen. John McCain on Saturday to personally apologize and denounce comments an adviser of hers reportedly made that slammed the Republican senator over his time in captivity in North Vietnam, the New York Post reports. The move from one potential 2008 presidential candidate to another was sparked by a column in the New York Times in which Maureen Dowd quoted an anonymous adviser talking about Mr. McCain's criticism of the Clintons over their North Korea position. The adviser said Team Clinton thought Mr. McCain, Arizona Republican, was doing the White House's dirty work by criticizing the Clintons and ended up "looking similar to the way he did on those captive tapes from Hanoi, where he recited the names of his crewmates." That was a reference to an unsubstantiated rumor used to malign Mr. McCain, a Vietnam war hero, as off-kilter during the 2000 Republican presidential primary. Aides to both senators said Mrs. Clinton, New York Democrat, reached out to Mr. McCain to denounce the comments. Mrs. Clinton is said to have a good relationship with Mr. McCain, and her circle clearly wasn't pleased with the remarks. Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson said, "These comments are reprehensible, and they in no way reflect Senator Clinton's feelings." McCain spokesman John Weaver replied, "Senator Clinton is correct: The remark was reprehensible." Last week, Mr. McCain took what many saw as the first shot of the 2008 race, blasting Mrs. Clinton for placing blame for North Korea's recent nuclear test on President Bush -- and pointed to her husband Bill's policies as a "failure."