McCain the Patriot: "Country First or Obama First"

—By David Corn

| Mon Sep. 29, 2008 10:46 AM PDT

John McCain put the choice rather directly during a campaign rally on Monday afternoon when he declared, "Country first or Obama first." In other words, there is only one way a true patriot can vote--and Obama does not love his country as much as McCain does. Anyone care to argue that such an argument is not a scoundrel's refuge?

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