Schumer and Reid: OOPS!!!

Openleft.com had this piece written by Matt Stoller on September 16, 2008. See if you can spot the differences between then and now.

Senator Chuck Schumer calls on McCain to release his medical records.

Senator Harry Reid calls on McCain to release his medical records.

John Aravosis noted that McCain didn't tell anyone he had cancer surgery during the Republican primary, but waited until after he won to admit he had surgery to remove cancerous cells. 1,954 doctors have already signed the open letter to McCain asking him to release his medical records (via KathyG). And I took video of Senator Harry Reid and Chuck Schumer calling on McCain to release his medical records. Here's the transcript:

Question: What do you think the relevance of John McCain's cancer is on this election?

Schumer: I don't know the relevance but I will say this. When you're running for President everything should be public including your full medical records. I believe in the right to privacy but when you're running for President which is such an important job the need of the public to know supercedes it. [Emphasis mine: bng]

I can't seem to upload Reid's video, the transcript is below. The video will be on our OpenLeft account on Youtube.

Question: What is the relevance of John McCain's cancer to this election?

Answer: When we're talking about the President of the United States, health issues are extremely important. We learned that going back a long time ago, when you guys weren't around, when Tom Eagleton because of his depression had had shock treatment. So this isn't something we just dreamed up, it's important, Eagleton had to drop out, and select a new Vice Presidential nominee. So I think there should be total transparency when a person is running for President of the United States. And it may be when President Bush went and had some things burned off of his head or John McCain a month ago had a little thing burned off his face. I think it's important. [Emphasis mine: bng]

[Blackandgold comment: Isn't it great when stuff like this can be used against them? :-D]

McCain: Obama Has 'Done Well' (pause to barf)

Holy bat crap! No wonder the conservative base wasn't enthused about McCain last year!

According to newsmax.com, former presidential candidate Senator John McCain (R-AZ) has said that Barry has "done well" in his first five months in office. HUH???

McCain based this boneheaded statement on what he says is the fact that Barry has accomplished all his legislative goals. Yeah...because the GOP gave us a candidate that they knew would very likely lose to Obama and didn't back their own in tightly-contested congressional races. Jeez!!!

Where has he been? While I thank him for and dutifully respect the service John McCain has given for this country, he's not the candidate we wanted. He, in my opinion, has sold out the principles that the founders established for this great nation. McCain was the better choice between him and Obama, but it was Sarah Palin that people turned out to see.

Maybe next time the GOP will actually listen to the base. It is, after all, our country at stake.