Rumors of another Kerry/McCain ticket.....(The Hill)

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Rumors of another McCain ticket
By Albert Eiseleand By Jeff Dufour

During the last presidential campaign, there was much talk about a Kerry-McCain ticket after Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) sounded out Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) about joining him on a bipartisan fusion ticket.

McCain obviously turned Kerry down, but as the 2008 election approaches there are signs that an equally intriguing McCain-Kerry ticket could be in the works. If such an improbable thing comes to pass, its genesis might well be traced back to a one-on-one breakfast meeting July 27, when the two decorated Vietnam veterans huddled for more than an hour at La Colline restaurant on Capitol Hill.

Fellow diners said the pair was engaged in earnest conversation throughout the breakfast, although Kerry spokesman David Wade characterized it simply as a chat between two “longtime friends.”

The meeting came in the wake of McCain’s increasingly critical stance on the Bush administration’s conduct of the war on terrorism, particularly the treatment of suspected terrorists at prison camps in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. McCain, who spent years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam’s Hanoi Hilton, led the fight just before the August recess to add an amendment to the defense appropriations bill prohibiting harsh treatment of detainees held in American custody, despite personal lobbying by Vice President Cheney.

more at http://www.hillnews.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/UndertheDome/081005.html

[seabeyond]

1. who is pres mccain or kerry on this much talked about ticket n/t

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2. Never happen- McCain has gone along with trashing Joe Wilson

No way McCain will leave the Repub party machine that he has been sucking up to so much since before the last election. He expects Repub payback if he runs for Pres and in future Senate re-election for his 'loyalty' in ultimately providing crucial support for Bush.

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3. Biden spoke of a possible Biden/McCain ticket on Jon Stewart recently. nt

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4. No damn Republicans EVER!

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5. Total Bullshit.

Don't waste our time posting this.

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6. kick

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7. yawn