According to the McCain campaign, their man isn’t snubbing anyone: he had already committed to an Iraq trip on the dates when the Club for Growth is scheduled to meet in Florida at the end of this month. Now he stands to score political points at his rivals’ expense. As John McIntyre puts it: “The contrast of McCain’s rivals being in Palm Beach while Senator McCain is with the troops in Iraq should mitigate the political fallout from his absence.” Who’ll be the first to retort that patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel?
