In a joint appearance on CBS' Face the Nation this morning with Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) slammed Senator John McCain's latest presidential campaign ads as both "lying" and "inappropriate."
The McCain ad in question criticizes Senator Obama for not visiting injured American troops recovering at a U.S. medical facility in Landstuhl, Germany.
In yet another comment on the show, when Hagel was asked whom he'd vote for in November, the Republican Senator responded: "I have not decided."
Senators Hagel and Reed appeared on the show after just returning from this past week's international whirlwind tour where they accompanied the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Senator Barack Obama (D-IL), on stopovers in Afghanistan, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, Germany, France and Great Britain.
This from blogger markhaverty on DKos a little while ago: "Chuck Hagel Denounces McCain Ad! "
On Face the Nation this morning, after Senator Reed defended Senator Obama's not going to the military hospital in Germany, Senator Hagel followed up and went well over what Reed said.On the visit: "it would have been inappropriate" to do so after the Congressional part of the trip was done and it was done with campaign funds. In Hagel's words, it was the right decision.
On the ad: "It is not appropriate."
The full podcast of this morning's edition of Face the Nation will be available (if it's not already) via RSS feed right HERE (click this link).
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