Huh. Over at TPM they seem to think there’s some possible ambiguity about what went down exactly, but according to Spain’s El Pais newspaper John McCain wouldn’t give a straight answer to a question about whether or not he’d be willing to meet with the Prime Minister of Spain. Basically, McCain was getting questions about Hugo Chavez, about Evo Morales, and about Raul Castro and then when the interviewer pivoted to Spain’s José Zapatero, McCain responded with some boilerplate about his approach to Latin America being that we need to stay close to our friends and stand strong against our enemies.
Either he doesn’t realize that Spain is a NATO ally located on the other side of the ocean or else (more plausibly) he doesn’t know the name of the Prime Minister of Spain. That’s not a hanging offense, I suppose, but certainly an oversight for the candidate of experience and national security credibility.
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