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WASHINGTON - Republican Sen. John McCain on Thursday defended Sen. John Kerry's record on national security, undercutting the Bush-Cheney campaign's latest attacks on the Democratic presidential challenger and frustrating conservatives hoping for a unified front against the Massachusetts senator.
"I do not believe that he is, quote, weak on defense," McCain, R-Ariz., said on NBC's Today show.
Earlier, on the CBS Early Show, when asked if he agreed with Vice President Dick Cheney's claim that Kerry is a threat to national security, McCain said: "I don't think that. I think that John Kerry is a good and decent man. . . . I think he has different points of view on different issues, and he will have to explain his voting record. But this kind of rhetoric, I think, is not helpful in educating and helping the American people make a choice."
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Of course, Bush is not worried - after all, the President is fully aware that McCain avoided combat for more than 5 years during the Vietnam war, staying in a Hilton hotel for at least part of that time.