Charlie Black Apologizes For Remark

From Fox News ~ A top campaign official for John McCain was forced to issue an apology Monday after, according to a published article, the adviser said a terror attack would be a “big advantage” for McCain’s presidential prospects.

McCain chief political strategist Charlie Black was discussing McCain’s national security credentials with Fortune magazine, and said that McCain’s support grows when public attention turns to disasters like the December assassination of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

Black called Bhutto’s death an “unfortunate event,” according to a Fortune piece published Monday. “But his knowledge and ability to talk about it reemphasized that this is the guy who’s ready to be Commander-in-Chief. And it helped us.”

Fortune also quoted Black as saying of a terror attack on U.S. soil: “Certainly it would be a big advantage to him.”

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