Quote #51

MCCAIN: In all candor, if I'd been President of the United States, I'd have ordered the plane landed at the nearest Air Force base, and I'd have been over here, ok? LA Times OLBERMANN: Ok... except on the morning Katrina made landfall, where was Senator McCain? Celebrating his own birthday with President Bush, right next to Air Force One on the ground in Arizona. No indication that amidst the merrymaking, Mr. McCain said anything to the President about maybe turning the plane around.

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