McCain Gripped With ‘Sadness’ Over Democrats’ Antics in DC

Wed, February 11, 2009 - 11:40 AM

“Saddened” by what Democrats are doing in Washington, John McCain is back on the fundraising stump.

This time, to raise money for his 2010 Senate re-election bid.

Now is not the time to step away from his work in the Senate, the Arizona senator explains in an e-mail solicitation to supporters.

Here’s what he says:

“Being the Republican nominee for President was one of the great honors of my life and an experience I will never forget. Some have wondered, after my hard fought presidential campaign, if I plan to run for re-election to the United States Senate.

I want you to know that I do intend to seek re-election. The magnitude of the financial crisis that many American families are facing makes it clear to me that I want to continue to serve our country in the Senate.

While the leader of the Democratic Party, President Obama, has pledged to change business as usual in Washington and spoken of bipartisanship, I have been saddened to watch as Congressional Democrats try to use their majority to advocate more of the same failed policies and wasteful spending of the past. With so much at stake, now is not the time to step away from my work in the Senate.

I hope you will join "Friends of McCain" today, he says, asking for donations of "$25, $50, $100, $250, $500 or more to my re-election campaign."

-- Billy House, Media General News Service