Asked in a McCain campaign call to respond to reports that
McCain was considering a pro-choice running mate, Rudy Giuliani
said that the Republican Party is not a one issue party, and
ultimately Republicans would get behind whoever McCain chooses as
his vice president.
"Any choice you make will have pros and cons," Giuliani said.
"It would seem to me that the Republican Party is not, as far as I
can tell, and I traveled to thousands of places last year, a one
issue party. And that would be just one issue out of many that
would have to be evaluated by the party. But I believe the party
would support Sen. McCain's choice."
He added, "I think we realize that this is a very important
choice...I know from talking from John McCain about this, not just
now, but in the past, when we both used to think about choosing
vice presidents when we were opponents, that our main critera would
be a person that would allow us to sleep at night knowing that we
had selected someone who could immediately be President of the
United States."
The call was focused on the report that
Obama adviser Daniel Kurtzner had traveled to Damascus and met with
the Syrian foreign minister. Giuliani said the "revelation" was
important and should have been disclosed by the Obama campaign, and
the fact that it wasn't raises questions about what the other 300
or so Obama advisers are doing. Giuliani flubbed by saying that the
adviser had met with Syrian President Bashar Assad rather than the
foreign minister. Randy Scheunemann, McCain's senior foreign policy
advisor, clarified that the meeting was with the foreign
minster.
topics:
Foreign Policy, John McCain
