Obama Rejects Clark's Statement

clipped from politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com Barack Obama formally rejected Gen. Wesley Clark's recent comments Monday that questioned whether the John McCain's military experience qualified him to be commander in chief. "As he's said many times before, Senator Obama honors and respects Senator McCain's service, and of course he rejects yesterday's statement by General Clark," Obama spokesman Bill Burton said in a statement. The comments came in an interview on CBS Sunday when Clark suggested McCain's experience as a prisoner of war did not alone provide the necessary experience to set the country's national security policies. "We must always express our profound gratitude for the service of our men and women in uniform. Period. Full stop," Obama said.

As I posted at the time, Clark's argument was valid, but "probably not the smartest thing to say."

While pointing out that McCain's military experience never really included life or death command decisions, Clark said, "I don’t think getting in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to become president."

Not really the best way to put that.