1.0 link 105704 <![CDATA[McCain Surrogate: I'm Simply Less Principled Than McCain]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/06/mccain-surrogate-im-simpl_n_105704.html There was a bizarrely repentant tone to a conference call organized by the McCain campaign on Friday, as a surrogate to the Senator was forced to defend McCain's opposition to a bill that he personally had supported.

Sounding like a suspect confessing to some sort of crime, Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart was asked how he could be so laudatory of McCain's criticism of the Water Resources Development Act, when that very piece of legislation directly benefited the congressman's own district.

"I voted for...

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