McClellan's book bashes Bush, but it's McCain who has some explaining to do (LAT)

McClellan and McCain
McClellan's book bashes Bush, but it's McCain who has some explaining to do.
May 30, 2008

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That is why the person who needs to respond to McClellan's charges is not George W. Bush but John McCain. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee has consistently said that he agreed with the decision to invade Iraq, even while faulting the inept conduct of the prewar planning and the occupation. As McClellan's disclosures make clear, that's no longer good enough. McCain's ideas on how and when to end the war matter more now than his vote to give the president the power to wage it. But voters should know whether he believes the invasion was a strategic mistake.

If McCain wants to be taken seriously as a more honest, competent and moderate Republican than Bush, he's going to have to answer some of the questions he has avoided. To wit: Does he believe the administration "spun" the public to justify the overthrow of Saddam Hussein? Does he agree with McClellan that it was "a political propaganda campaign?" And, more important, how would he run his White House to ensure that dissenters and those with moral qualms do not wait years to speak out? That's a question McCain's rivals should ponder as well.

more at:
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-mcclellan30-2008may30,0,2091481.story

In fact the communications act of 1993 is what started this mess, thanks to Bill Clinton I might add

We are paying the consequences for a lot of policies, especially the deregulation policies finalized by the Clinton administration