McCain calls Gingrich tone 'desperate'
(CNN) - Arizona Sen. John McCain – a high-profile supporter of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney – on Monday called for civility from Romney's rival, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
"I can only say that, again, his campaign seems to be getting a little desperate," McCain said on CNN's "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer."
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McCain, the GOP presidential nominee in 2008, said he thought the string of presidential debates should cease, and outlined the reason he endorsed and campaigns for Romney.
"But, look, my differences with Speaker Gingrich go back to the pork barrel earmark days when they got the majority. Speaker Gingrich put out a memo: Get earmarks for freshmen so they can get re-elected," McCain said. "I fought against them and I said they were corruption."
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Arizona Sen. John McCain understands the tone of Desperation .
Hey John , you lost to Obama .
McCain doesn't know any more about running a campaign than he did 4 years ago. He was lousy then and he ought to shut his mouth now. McCain ran the weakest campaign I've ever seen in my lifetime (2008) and he was beaten badly by a guy that seems determined to destroy this country. If he likes Romney..... it makes me think twice about him.
Romney is the one who had to enlisted the help of the GOP and several media outlets to bomblast Gingrich with negative ads over and over and he pretty much got Fox in his hip pocket, yet McCain calls Gingrich desperate. Funny huh?
A lot of nerve coming from a man who had the same tone,when he ran three years ago!
No chance that McCain will show any sign of Moderation in his over the top bombastic rhetoric surrounding the current President. Any outrageous comment will do as long as it is directed at the current Commander in Chief. Civility in politics go further than the comic infighting it should extend to the general political discourse. The republicans seem quite happy to create a culture of highly charge vitriolic rhetoric devoid of grounded fact and thoughtful insight. Humility would serve this man well.
Go home and take a bath ole Newt says...We ALL did take a bath when GW Bush was the leader of the band.. didn't we?
that is laughable, coming from the man that was paired up with sarah soccer mom palin. after that episode, mccain you are irrelevent. go retire
Well, if anyone would know what a "desparate tone" sounds like, it would this old geezer. The guy is senile and needs to retire and enjoy his remaining days with his family.
you should know mcsame.
Who ever came at the GOP front, GOP will lose to the democrat. The ? is who is going to lose by big margin. We all know that no strong candidate GOP produced this cycle. We better off with the president than those crap.
►McCain calls Gingrich tone 'desperate'◄
But only after McCain was thrown under the bus
ginGRINCH claims his endorser, the loser, was too moderate
That’s what you get for taking sides with someone you can’t even trust!!
Obama 2012 – We can trust this president because he would move America forward and we already know him!!
...his campaign seems to be getting a little desperate,"...
Gonna have to agree with McCain on that one!!
Good for McCain for pointing out things like this. I always thought Gingrinch has always looked out for himself first, then the party, then the American people.
so true. newt is a desperate little guy.
Newt Gingrich got No right to talk about anybody Character with all the bad baggage this man Is Carry around. There Is no one that has Cheated, and Is a Bigger crook and LIE has much has Newt Gingrich.
what a difference 4 years can make Didn't McCain say the same thing about Mitt in 2008?
If anyone knows the sound of desperation, it's John McCain.
OBAMA 2012!