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Given that it often seems as if members and proponents of either of the two major political parties in the U.S. never express anything but criticism and disdain for the other party (particularly during presidential campaigns), it's a bit unusual to see a prominent politician evince even modest acceptance or approval of a rival party's outlook — especially when that politician is one of the leading candidates for a presidential nomination. But that's the case with this quote from John McCain, the four-term senator from Arizona who is one of the leading contenders for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination. A bit of context makes this statement a little less surprising, however. Senator McCain has long been regarded as something of a political maverick who travels the campaign trail in a bus called the Straight Talk Express and has expressed sharp disagreement with Republican principles and Bush administration policies on several occasions, and the quote reproduced above was something he said back in 2004 during a legislative seminar hosted by a Democratic congressman from Massachusetts at a time when rumors were circulating that McCain might actually be tabbed for the vice-presidential slot on a ticket with Democratic senator John Kerry (also from Massachusetts). Here's how the Boston Herald reported his statement: When questioned about his statement during an appearance with host Chris Matthews on MSNBC's Hardball a few days later, Senator McCain said he felt that the Herald had presented his words out of context:
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