Does McCain’s military experience qualify him for president?

Not according to Obama’s advisor, Wesley Clark.

By itself it certainly does not. But when we are in a war I want the Commader in Chief to know first hand the agony of the soldier before he commits thousands of them to combat. I want him carefully consider the gravity of the cause that requires us to commit troops.

McCain certainly knows it first hand from his youth and since he has two sons in Iraq he understands the families of those with children in combat.

This alone is not reason to elect a president, but it certainly belongs in his plus column.

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