Gene Lyons on toeing the story line

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One ludicrous recent example was an outburst of pretended outrage by the Mc-Cain campaign over some relatively innocuous remarks by retired Gen. Wesley Clark on CBS News’ “Face the Nation.” Regarding McCain’s captivity and torture in North Vietnam, Clark began by saying this: “I certainly honor his service as a prisoner of war. He was a hero to me, and to hundreds of thousands and millions of others in the armed forces, as a prisoner of war.”

A hero to millions. Got that ?

Clark added that McCain lacked the kind of command experience arguably useful to a president—unlike the general himself, a highly decorated (and badly wounded ) Vietnam combat veteran and former NATO supreme commander.

Host Bob Schieffer pushed the point: “I have to say, Barack Obama has not had any of those experiences, either. Nor has he ridden in a fighter plane and gotten shot down....”

“Well, I don’t think riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down,” Clark responded, “is a qualification to be president.”

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