John McCain has been throwing this at us too much. I retired from the military and I respect his service to his country, but he has over played that hand. Let's be honest about it. If you take away the 5+ years of being a POW, he was just an average officer who only got as far as he did because of the POW time and his father.

Furthermore, officers careers have been ended in the last 10 or so years for the same type of behavior he displayed towards the end of his career.

John please give me another reason for believing you are highly qualified to be CINC.

He only stated being a POW doens't in itself qualify you to be commander -in-chief. If McCain had ANYTHING else going for him...he would humbly concede that very point.

I don't see what Clark has to apologize for, why Obama would feel the need to distance himself from those remarks, and certainly don't understand why McCain thinks Obama needs to "cut Clark loose." For what...stating the obvious?!?!

Gen. Clark did not disparage McCain's military record, he simply questioned whether it alone qualifies him to be commander in chief, particularly in light of McCain's bad judgment and lack of vision with respect to employing the military. This is a perfectly legitimate issue to raise and the fact that McCain and the Republicans are attempting to make it a controversy indicates nothing more than their failure to connect with voters by providing meaningful solutions to the very real problems facing this country. Only an intellectually bankrupt campaign and candidate resorts to using distractions rather than addressing the issues.

But manufacturing meaningless distractions out of nothing has been the Republican strategy for many, many years...

barack needs needs to lay off this matter and not respond anymore. McCain seems to want to try to reel him in on this for political gain (a further attempt to splinter the party into barack vs. hillary supporters). The fact that he is already claiming to have "plenty of people to respond" is a tell-tale sign sign. Barack, don't fall for this poor attempt of a trap! McCain, mind your own businees- you've got plenty more work to do bridging together your own party!

Furthermore, IMHO, Sen. Obama should not be dissing Clark for stating the simple truth.

Clark did NOT question whether McCain's military status qualified him to be president, as this article would have you believe. However, whether it did, was the very question Gen.Clark had been asked.

Don't be misled into believing that Gen. Clark just came out of nowhere and attacked McCain's military service. Clark did NOT attack McCain, nor his military record, but he DID speak the truth about his military status being of no consequence to being president.

What I want to know now, is WHY McCain's campaign has their panties in such a twist over this? IS McCain hiding something we should know about? I was always told, that where there is smoke, there is fire.

Obama did NOT apologize, because there was NO need to apologize either TO McCain, or FOR Gen.Clark.

The MSM, on the other hand, has once again, got their headlines, haven't they? How long will they milk it? What's going on, in our world right now, that we are NOT hearing about, because they are busy promoting this non issue?

McCain, can you say NAFTA CAFTA? You are in Columbia and Mexico touting your stance on free trade yet most Americans don't support your views. The Columbians nor the Mexicans can vote for you so why are you wasting valuable time that you need to be spending with US citizens. You are so out of touch it is scary.

Obama is not qualified to be President of the United States. He lacks moral convictions, judgement in an individuals character, Jeremiah Wright and known terrorist as well as swindlers. He cannot make intelligent statements when asked questions regarding the economy or foreign policy, if he doesn't have a teleprompter, and he supports gay marriage and abortion.

The only thing he can do is be a Democrat and promise everything to everybody at tax payer expense. He is a silver tongue devil, he knows the correct answers to give. I am one of those that does not want to pay for all his free give away programs.

I saw a sign the other day "make history vote for obama". What do you think that means? It means vote for Obama because he is black not because you agree with him.

Oh by the way, you cant take credit for a GI bill that you spoke in opposition of and didnt cast a vote either for or against.

get over it moron!

John McSame has a nerve, he didn't cut Black loose. Let him dictate who gets cut in his own camp, not Barack's.

Republicans are up in arms about Clark's comments, which did NOT, in any way, criticize John McCain's service. Where were these Republicans four years ago when the Swift Boat liars were denigrating the service of a decorated military veteran? Where were they when idiot delegates to the Republican convention were wearing "purple heart" Band-AIds?

No, Sen. McCain. Your party is getting what it deserves. And if you had any decency in you, you'd stop whining and shut up.

What in the comments was so bad? I still don't get it. I hope McCain knows he is making himself look like a fool.

1. Clark was 100$ right and McCain knows that.

2. Even if he had been wrong Clark is Clark and Obama is Obama and one is not responsible for the actions of the other. But McCain apparently does not believe in personal responsibility.

Barack don't dump General Clark, you need him.

Obama '08

Nevermind the fact that Clark is also a war hero and NOT on Obama's payroll, but whatever...

Somebody as sensitive and easily offended as McCain doesn't deserve to be in a position of power.

It looks like since you can't run on solutions, you can only act like a schoolyard bully. And Sir McBush, we're tired of that in this country. You, your party and the President have given us our fill of this.

And I'm so sorry I voted for Bush in 2000! Was that ever a mistake!

Buy his way in ???? REZKO got the cash.

This is getting pretty stupid. Get real McCain or get out of the campaign.

The truth hurts – and McShame can't handle it OR address it directly OR move along and just call it a weak attack. It obviously has merit.

What a weak "leader" McSame is...

It occurred to me that John McCain suffered permanent disability and harm in a war that the country effectively "chose" to "lose" and that he may see Iraq as a way to compensate for that loss. Or, at least, he may be determined not to allow the US to repeat the mistake of Vietnam – giving up before the job is "done." However, such a narrow focus inevitably leads to tunnel vision. I think McCain is so focused on Iraq and "winning" there that he's to a degree ignoring other aspects of US foreign policy – including completing the defeat of the Taliban and Al Quaeda in Afghanistan.