McCain loses bearings on 5th Amendment to US Constitution, He Campaign covers it up

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John McCain gave a speech about the US Constitution and he got a fundamental fact about the Fifth Amendment wrong. He says:

"There is hardly a clearer principle in all the Constitution than the right of private property. There is a very clear standard in the Constitution requiring not only just compensation in the use of eminent domain, but also that private property may NOT be taken for 'public use.' But apparently that standard has been 'evolving' too."

but the Fifth Amendment reads:

"No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation."

McCain's campaign, embarrased by yet another Gaff by the Senior Senator from Arizona tried to cover this up by posting an edited video on his website and altering the transcription to read:

"There is a very clear standard in the Constitution requiring not only just compensation in the use of eminent domain, but also that private property may be taken only for 'public use.' But apparently that standard has been 'evolving' too."

Poor John McCain. He doesn't yet realize that in the age of YouTube, nothing can be disapeared down the Memory Hole.

Links:

Speech on McCain's website: http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/News/Speeches/Read.aspx?guid=5385b2dd-fc8f-4bc9-9fb0-da2e2f1d9f98

Wiki Entry on Fifth Amendment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

Daily Kos entry uncovering the cover up: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/5/12/05425/2994/579/514017

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Forgive my ignorance when people start quoting the constitution I get a little wiggy.
Can someone break this down to me Like I am umm hmm 6 yeah 6
thanks

He said the exact opposite of what the constitution states:

"but also that private property may NOT be taken for 'public use.'"

and the USC says:

"nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation"

-- but this is minor.

What troubles me the most is that the McCain campaign has learned nothing from the past 8 years of Bushdom - specially, that you cannot just disappear embarrasing moments from Reality.

Rather than submit a correction, the McCain campaign simply alters the transcript and edits the video to remove the embarrasment.

We can't afford 4 more years of this sort of Orwellian bullshit.

It's just another "moment" from the Senior Senator from Arizona.

But if he keeps this up, he will lose his marbles as well.