John Kerry, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, has repeatedly and personally asked Senator John McCain, the independent-minded Arizona Republican, to consider being his running mate, but Mr. McCain has refused, people who have spoken to both men said Friday.
Mr. Kerry, the Massachusetts senator, made his first direct overtures to Mr. McCain about three weeks after locking up the Democratic nomination in March and approached him again, in person or by telephone, as many as seven times, as recently as last week, according to one person who has discussed the issue with both.
And April 6, 2004 Boston Globe:
The focus on McCain is fueled by the belief that he and Kerry, 60, have a strong personal, political, and military connection, best exemplified for the staff by a Roll Call picture that Kerry has copied and placed in his various offices in Washington and Boston. It shows him and the 67-year-old McCain walking along a Capitol hallway, Kerry with his arm draped around his colleague's shoulder.
The aides note that despite their political differences, Kerry and McCain both voted against the tax cuts proposed by the Bush administration, opposed administration plans to drill for oil in Alaska, jointly presented a proposal to raise automobile fuel-efficiency standards, and worked together on tobacco-control legislation.
Most significantly, the two Vietnam warriors share a kinship expressed throughout the years, such as when McCain refused to campaign against Kerry in his 1996 reelection campaign with Republican William F. Weld, and when Kerry organized a letter in 2000 rebutting Bush's campaign criticism of McCain.
So when Kerry says today that McCain lacks judgment to be president who actually believes him? If Kerry really wants to help the Obama campaign? He should back quietly away from the campaign and stop "helping"...
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