McCain & Obama comments (and lack thereof) on Jesse Helms.
From The Wall Street Journal:
Both presidential candidates this year are calling for an end to what they say are politics of division and vitriol that have intensified in Washington over the past quarter-century.
In a sense, they are repudiating a style embodied as much as anybody by former Sen. Jesse Helms, who died Friday at age 86.
Republican John McCain -- torn between maintaining the loyalties of Helms devotees in his party's base and reaching out to moderates repulsed by Mr. Helms -- issued a carefully balanced statement, saying: "At this time, let us remember a life dedicated to serving this nation."
A spokesman for Sen. Barack Obama said the candidate aspiring to be the country's first African-American president wouldn't have any comment.
Both presidential candidates this year are calling for an end to what they say are politics of division and vitriol that have intensified in Washington over the past quarter-century.
In a sense, they are repudiating a style embodied as much as anybody by former Sen. Jesse Helms, who died Friday at age 86.
Republican John McCain -- torn between maintaining the loyalties of Helms devotees in his party's base and reaching out to moderates repulsed by Mr. Helms -- issued a carefully balanced statement, saying: "At this time, let us remember a life dedicated to serving this nation."
A spokesman for Sen. Barack Obama said the candidate aspiring to be the country's first African-American president wouldn't have any comment.
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