http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/25/snow.q.a/Tony Snow, former White House press secretary for President Bush, joins CNN as a political contributor. Snow talked with Wolf Blitzer on "The Situation Room" to discuss Sen. John McCain's relationship with Bush.
Tony Snow, former White House press secretary, says Sen. John McCain also agrees with Bush on some topics.
Wolf Blitzer: What do you think about McCain's decision yesterday? He was very forceful in making it clear he did not like the Bush administration's handling of Katrina.
Tony Snow: Of course he also doesn't know a lot about what went on behind the scenes, but you would expect that. You've got somebody who's running for a nomination. The president's popularity ratings are low. He's going to put a distance between himself and the president. Everybody hates what happened in Katrina, including the president. It's an easy critique to make.
Wolf Blitzer: Do you think he'll be doing more distancing of himself on other issues?
Tony Snow: I think he'll do it when it's easy. But on the other hand, there are things, like the war, where he's agreed with the president. I suppose in some sense it would be easy to disagree with the president, but McCain has been pretty firm on that. You look at any person who's getting the nomination and trying to run when you've got an incumbent president, whether it's Al Gore saying I want to be my own man, George Herbert Walker Bush talking about a kinder, gentler America after the Reagan years, you're going to look for a way to distance you're from your predecessor so that you have an independent identity. Right now, Democrats have made it clear they don't have any issue other than the fact they're not George Bush. What McCain wants to be able to do is say, 'neither am I.'
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