“Judge us not by the promises we make, the stories we tell, nor the ads we run. Measure us, by all means, by the policies and proposals we lay forth for your consideration. But judge us as well by the example we set; by the way we conduct our campaigns; by the way we personally practice politics.”

– John McCain

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Excerpt from an interview with Cindy McCain:

McCAIN: And what you’re going to see is, I believe we’re going to see a great debate, which the American public deserves, more importantly. None of this negative stuff, though. You won’t see it come out of our side at all, because –

CURRY: None of the negative stuff will come out of your side?

McCAIN: My husband is absolutely opposed to any negative campaigning at all.

CURRY: It’s six months to go before the election. You talk about — that none of the nasty kind of campaigning that we’ve been seeing will come from your side. But are you prepared for the next six months, knowing that that’s how it generally does go?

McCAIN: Well, I’m never ready for those kinds of things, particularly when it involves my children. But I can tell you that having been through this before, I’m actually glad — grateful that I’ve been through it before, because if things do turn that way from the other side, I would hope that I would behave the same way I did before, and that is with grace and with dignity. And rise above it.

CURRY: Even if it doesn’t help you win the presidency?

McCAIN: I believe I can speak for my husband on this same thing. We’d rather not win than to have to do that. That’s not worth winning for.

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And with that in mind, McCain Planning ‘Fiercely’ Negative Campaign In Final Days

McCain’s a pip.