But the FACT that you continue to ignore.... HE did not have ANY of his kids on the campaign TRAIL that did not choose to be there. Not in 2000 (which I assume is what you meant) and not today. HE LETS HIS KIDS LIVE THEIR OWN LIVES AND MAKE THEIR OWN CHOICES. To continue to act as though this is a political decision by John is idiotic. If he really was using his knowledge on how to operate campaings and is "hiding kids that might hurt his campaign".... why wouldn't he also be "touting the kids that would help it"???
How many of you knew he had two kids in the military right now?
How many of you knew that one of this "warmongers" kids is in Iraq? Hell, I pay attention to him and I did not know that one.
He keeps his kids out of it, unless they choose to participate (as Meghan has done) ALL of them have the choice.
Because McCain is a smart polititian. He knows, like John Kerry did not know, that bringing an issue into a campaign makes the downside to that issue fair game. If McCain braged about his kid in Iraq, he would be open to questions about why he did not discuss his other kids. He would also be open to more questions about his support of a failed miserable mistake of a war in Iraq.
It is great political cover for the nieve to belive that he "let his children decide". We ALL know that kids are easily manipulated by parents. His kids may really belive they decided.