Quote Originally Posted by Psycho4Bud
"Well, I don't think riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to be president," Clark replied.

That was a VERY condensending remark about his service to his country.
Well, I suppose McCain can take it personally if he wants to, but I don't see it as an attack on his war record.

The fact is that the McCain campaign promotes his war service as a reason for him to be president, so they open up the issue. It would not be right to attack his war record, and I do not see that happening in this article. But if his campaign wants to tout his war record as a reason why he is fit for the presidency, then they need to be open to having that reasoning challenged without getting pissy and whiney about it.

The same was true for John Kerry. If someone wanted to question why his war experience made him any more fit for the presidency, then that would have been acceptable. But to question his actual wartime experience was low. Clark is not pulling a Swift Boat-style attack on McCain like what was done to Kerry --- he is questioning why McCain's war experience makes him a better president, which is a fair question.