{"id":5081,"date":"2008-04-08T19:02:45","date_gmt":"2008-04-08T19:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/04\/jay-rockeller-owes-ever-fighte.html"},"modified":"2008-04-08T19:02:45","modified_gmt":"2008-04-08T19:02:45","slug":"jay-rockeller-owes-ever-fighte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/04\/jay-rockeller-owes-ever-fighte.html","title":{"rendered":"Jay Rockeller owes every fighter pilot an apology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not just John McCain. When I heard this in the car <a href=\"http:\/\/hotair.com\/archives\/2008\/04\/08\/rockefeller-air-force-doesnt-care-about-humanity\/\">this<\/a> afternoon I was livid! I couldn&#8217;t believe that a sitting senator would say such horrible things about the men we send over there to fight our battles. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>    \u201cMcCain was a fighter pilot, who dropped laser-guided missiles from 35,000 feet. He was long gone when they hit. What happened when they [the missiles] get to the ground? He doesn\u2019t know. You have to care about the lives of people. McCain never gets into those issues.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here&#8217;s his apology to McCain: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>   Democratic Sen. Jay Rockefeller, a Barack Obama supporter, apologized to John McCain Tuesday for suggesting to a West Virginia newspaper that the Arizona senator does not care about \u201cthe lives of people\u201d caught in the wars he champions, dating back to his Navy service in Vietnam.<br \/>\nThe apology came after Barack Obama\u2019s campaign swiftly criticized the West Virginia senator for the remarks quoted Monday in his hometown newspaper. Rockefeller told The Charleston Gazette that McCain is too far removed from the repercussions of war to deal with them. \u2026<br \/>\nOn Tuesday, Rockefeller issued a statement, saying, \u201cI have deep respect for John McCain\u2019s honorable and noble service to our country. I made an inaccurate and wrong analogy and I have extended my sincere apology to him.<br \/>\n\u201cWhile we differ a great deal on policy issues, I profoundly respect and appreciate his dedication to our country, and I regret my very poor choice of words,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not just John McCain. When I heard this in the car this afternoon I was livid! I couldn&#8217;t believe that a sitting senator would say such horrible things about the men we send over there to fight our battles. \u201cMcCain was a fighter pilot, who dropped laser-guided missiles from 35,000 feet. 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