Warner Takes Issue With McGavick Remarks (re: Rumsfeld replacement)

[NVMojo]

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -

Mike McGavick, a Republican waging an uphill race for the Senate, called Monday for the replacement of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and the creation of a bipartisan panel to propose new directions for the Iraq war. But the plan drew a quick response from Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John Warner, R-Va., who took issue with McGavick's implication that he supported it.

McGavick said he had talked about his ideas with Warner and Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., on Monday following their recent criticism of the administration's handling of the war.

"Senators Warner and Hagel have articulated exactly what the American people are thinking - that things are not getting better in Iraq and a course correction is needed," McGavick said in a statement released by his campaign.

But Warner quickly distanced himself from McGavick's proposal.

"In our conversation, I shared with Mr. McGavick my views on the challenges that remain in Iraq," Warner said in a statement released by his Senate office. "I did not expand my views beyond the parameters of my prior public comments on the issue.

"Secretary Rumsfeld did not come up in any way in our conversation."

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[flamingyouth]

1. Uphill race indeed.

McGavick doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell of winning; he's desperately trying to do anything to light a fire in his campaign.

[Fenris]

2. Whining Mike strikes again.

How idiotic of him - trying to have a definitive position on anything.

[spindrifter]

3. Way to step in it, Mike!

[Evergreen Emerald]

4. He is funded by the petulant oil compaines who were stopped in Alaska

Stopped in part due to his opponent who fought hard against drilling in Alaska. He is a neo-con who will rubber stamp Bush and all of the policies that help to destroy the environment.