From the ArcaMax Publishing, Politics Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/politics/s-348958-743688
WASHINGTON (UPI) -- GOP presidential hopeful John McCain sees
"everything" through his experience in the military and that can be
"dangerous," Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, said Friday.
Harkin said the Arizona senator "has a hard time thinking beyond" his
extensive military background, The Des Moines (Iowa) Register
reported.
"Everything is looked at from his life experiences, from always having
been in the military, and I think that can be pretty dangerous,"
Harkin said in a conference call with reporters.
McCain graduated from the Naval Academy in 1958 and served in the U.S.
Navy as a pilot. He was held as a prisoner of war in Vietnam for five
and a half years and is the son and grandson of U.S. Navy admirals.
"It's one thing to have been drafted and served," Harkin said, "but
another thing when you come from generations of military people and
that's just how you're steeped, how you've learned, how you've grown
up."
McCain currently serves as the top Republican on the Senate Armed
Services Committee.
Neither of the Democratic presidential candidates, Sens. Barack Obama
of Illinois nor Hillary Clinton of New York, has served in the
military.