mccain wanted to defend obama and america from that ill shyt that Putin wrote (putin wrote what most of the world was thinking)
Also, Mccain wanted to say:
“I am not anti-Russian,” Mr. McCain wrote. “I am pro-Russian, more pro-Russian than the regime that misrules you today.”
“I make that claim because I respect your dignity and your right to self-determination,” he continued, addressing the Russian people. “You should be governed by a rule of law that is clear, consistently and impartially enforced and just. I make that claim because I believe the Russian people, no less than Americans, are endowed by our creator with inalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” he added.
Then putin murked him, like he did Obama....
“I think that he has a certain deficit of information about our country,” Mr. Putin said.
“And the fact that he wanted to be published in Pravda, not any other publication, apparently he wants to be published in a most authoritative publication with big circulation,” Mr. Putin added, mockingly. “Of course, Pravda is a respectable publication of the now oppositional Communist Party, but its level of distribution in the country is minimal.”
Mr. Putin insisted that there was nothing anti-American in his article in The Times, and he said Mr. McCain had been invited to the conference, called the Valdai Discussion Club after the Russian town where it is held.
Mr. Putin usually holds a private dinner with the Valdai group, but to note the event’s 10th anniversary, the invitation list was broadened to include several opposition politicians and journalists who were given limited access.
Mr. Putin used his remarks and a question-and-answer session to touch on a wide range of subjects, and he portrayed the event itself as proof that there was no suppression of speech in Russia.
Then we take the L for even having this guy in our politics..
Mr. McCain was not the first member of Congress to respond to Mr. Putin in the Russian news media.
On Monday, Kommersant, one of Russia’s most prominent daily newspapers, printed
an open letter to the Russian people by Representative Steve Israel
of New York, the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
In his letter, which he also published on
his Web site, Mr. Israel
explained in leveled language why he would potentially vote in favor of a military strike on Syria, although he praised Mr. Putin’s efforts to persuade Mr. Assad’s government to surrender its chemical weapons arsenal.
“Diplomacy should always be the first preference,” Mr. Israel
wrote.
