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McCain aide apologizes for terrorist-attack comment
June 24, 2008

Charlie Black has had his moment of straight talk -- and chances are he's not going to let it happen again.

Fortune magazine, in an article posted online Monday, cited the "startling candor" by the strategist for John McCain in discussing how concerns about national security could offer political dividends for the Arizona senator and presumed GOP presidential nominee.

First, Black described the assassination of Pakistani political leader Benazir Bhutto in late December as an "unfortunate event" -- but one that boosted McCain's stock just before the must-win New Hampshire primary. The candidate's "knowledge and ability to talk about it reemphasized that this is the guy who's ready to be commander in chief. And it helped us," Black said.

Then the longtime Washington lobbyist went further. Asked what the political ramifications of another terrorist attack on U.S. soil might be for McCain, Black told Fortune, "Certainly it would be a big advantage to him."

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-trailblack24-2008jun24,0,5299405.story