What's McCain thinking when he says boot Russia from G-8?

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What's McCain thinking when he says boot Russia from G-8?
Matt Stearns and Warren P. Strobel | McClatchy Newspapers

last updated: May 01, 2008 06:37:36 PM

WASHINGTON — John McCain dropped a little-noticed bombshell into his March foreign-policy address: Boot Russia from the G-8, the elite club of leading industrial democracies whose leaders try to coordinate economic policies.

One major problem: He can't do it because the other G-8 nations won't let him.

But the fact that he's proposing to try, risking a return to Cold War tensions with the world's second-largest nuclear power after 20 years of prickly partnership, raises questions about McCain's judgment. It also underscores that many of his top foreign-policy advisers are of the same neo-conservative school that promoted the war in Iraq, argue for a tougher stance toward Iran and are skeptical of negotiating with North Korea over its nuclear program.

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[CBGLuthier]

1. Well he just a old commie fighter

Hard to learn new tricks, particularly at such an advanced age.

[LakeSamish706]

2. John McCain is one scary MF***er and might be at least every bit as bad as Bush...

and Cheney. I would not want to see this guy have possession of that football.

[speedoo]

3. Thinking?

What makes these writers believe McCain still does that?