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Harkin: McCain too 'military'
Harkin: McCain too 'military'
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Republican presidential candidate John McCain's family background as the son and grandson of admirals has given him a worldview shaped by the military, "and he has a hard time thinking beyond that," Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Ia., said Friday.
"I think he's trapped in that," Harkin said in a conference call with Iowa reporters. "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 that "it's one thing to have been drafted and served, 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."
A McCain spokesman said Harkin's remarks were offensive and showed that Democrats are out of touch with Americans' values.
"Senator Harkin's comments are an affront to the many thousands of Iowans who have served our country so valiantly for generations," said spokesman Jeff Sadosky. "This sort of attack shows just how out of touch Democratic leadership has become with the values that have made our country so great."...
...McCain has pointed to his military background as an asset in his campaigns for the presidency, and has talked about it at length. But Harkin, discussing the impact of military service on the viewpoints of lawmakers, said that "different people draw different conclusions from their service."
Harkin also served as a Navy pilot during the Vietnam era but was not in combat.
He said that "I just want to be very clear there's nothing wrong with a career in the military" and that he has friends who are generals and admirals who have served the country well.
"But now McCain is running for a higher office. He's running for commander in chief, and our Constitution says that should be a civilian," Harkin said. "And in some ways, I think it would be nice if that commander in chief had some military background, but I don't know if they need a whole lot."
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Wow... 
In other words, "Serving your country for a little is OK, but if you do it for too long, you should be discounted."... 
I don't know if Harkin's Jewish, but that sure is a lotta chutzpah... 
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