PrintAugust 19, 2008
Obama, Party Loyalty, and His Own Best Interest
There has been a lot of commentary already on the forum at Saddleback Church, but one Obama answer bears some further fact-checking.In response to Pastor Rick Warren's request to provide "an example of where you went against party loyalty and maybe even went against your own best interest for the good of America," Obama gave two examples.First, he cited the issue of campaign ethics and finance reform. It was an audacious response, since Obama has decided that his own best interest has rendered inoperative his earlier commitment to public campaign financing. In addition, his recollection of working with John McCain, and his suggestion that legislators should reject lobbyist-paid meals to eat at McDonalds, seems to have been faulty. But it was Obama's second example, and the way he explained it, that bears a further look. As his second example, he cited the signature issue of his campaign:I guess the other example from -- I'm not sure this was a...(Read Full Article)
