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| Profiles in discouragement |
| 2007-03-20 |
| By Frank J. Gaffney Jr. Fifty-one years ago, then-Sen. John F. Kennedy published "Profiles in Courage" -- a chronicle of political figures whose convictions prompted them to adopt unpopular stances for what they perceived as the nation's larger good. One of the finest contemporary examples of such courage is Sen. John McCain's steadfast advocacy of American success in Iraq and absolutely correct, if unfashionable, warnings of the costs of failure. To his credit, when asked about the possibly catastrophic price such a profile might inflict on his presidential ambitions, the senator has declared, "I would rather lose an election than lose a war." |
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