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Hastert Lectures McCain on War, Sacrifice

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By MARY DALRYMPLE, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - Growing tensions between House and Senate Republicans over the war in Iraq (news - web sites), abuse of Iraqi prisoners, tax cuts and budget deficits erupted Wednesday with House Speaker Dennis Hastert lecturing former POW and Arizona Sen. John McCain about sacrifice and war.


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McCain, who spent five years in a North Vietnamese prison, excoriated fellow Republicans on Tuesday for pushing more tax cuts while U.S. troops are fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan (news - web sites).


"Throughout our history, wartime has been a time of sacrifice. ... What have we sacrificed?" McCain said. "As mind-boggling as expanding Medicare has been, nothing tops my confusion for cutting taxes during wartime. I don't remember ever in the history of warfare when we cut taxes."


Asked Wednesday about McCain's remarks, Hastert, who was rejected for military service because of a bad shoulder, first joked: "Who? Where's he from? A Republican?"


Then, more seriously, he said: "If you want to see sacrifice, John McCain ought to visit our young men and women at Walter Reed and Bethesda (two Washington area military hospitals). There's the sacrifice in this country. We're trying to make sure that they have the ability to fight this war, that they have the wherewithal to be able to do it. And at the same time, we have to react to keep this country strong not only militarily but economically. We want to be able to have the flexibility to do it. That's my reply to John McCain."


McCain stood fast in his reply to Hastert.


"The speaker is correct in that nothing we are called upon to do comes close to matching the heroism of our troops," he said. "All we're called upon to do is not spend our nation into bankruptcy while our soldiers risk their lives. I fondly remember a time when real Republicans stood for fiscal responsibility."


The conflict erupted as Hastert laid down a budget making it easier to pass future tax cuts regardless of their impact on the federal deficit. McCain and a group of GOP moderates in the Senate want to rein in deficits by making tax cuts harder.


Later, Hastert spokesman John Feehery said the speaker "values Sen. McCain's military service, but he disagrees with him on tax relief."


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Jerk of the day: J. Dennis Hastert [View all] , johnny_domino, Thu May-20-04 05:39 AM
 
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jerk of the YEAR!
May 20th 2004
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What was Hastert a jerk about?
May 20th 2004
2
reading is fundamental
May 20th 2004
3
      I read the thing.
May 20th 2004
12
           RE: I read the thing.
May 20th 2004
13
           but that's not a sacrifice.
May 20th 2004
15
           comprehension is important too
May 20th 2004
14
                it doesn't HAVE to go up.
May 20th 2004
16
                     and who's pushing that medicare bill?
May 20th 2004
17
                          even then...
May 21st 2004
19
                               pay now, or pay later
May 21st 2004
20
                                    that's why...
May 21st 2004
21
                                         you make me laugh
May 21st 2004
22
                                              and there you have it
May 21st 2004
25
                                              and you make me pity you.
May 21st 2004
26
                                                   Question
May 22nd 2004
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                                                   RE: and you make me pity you.
May 22nd 2004
28
                                                   and here are the numbers
May 22nd 2004
29
wow - he has no shame, does he?
May 20th 2004
4
some good could come of it though
May 20th 2004
5
      that would be great, but I don't see it happening (n/m)
May 20th 2004
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           RE: that would be great, but I don't see it happening (
May 20th 2004
7
                I don't think McCain would go for that
May 20th 2004
8
                     RE: I don't think McCain would go for that
May 20th 2004
9
                          off the top of my head
May 20th 2004
10
                               RE: off the top of my head
May 20th 2004
11
                                    we'll see wont we...great post GUYS. i was
May 21st 2004
18
On Another Note
May 21st 2004
23
they remind me of that little chickenhawk
May 21st 2004
24
up
May 24th 2004
30
up one last time
Jun 03rd 2004
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