would get. thank you. perspective now from matt miller chief policy officer for iraq and veterans of america. when you first heard donald trump s comments about john mb cain i m wondering what you thought, what went truhrough your mind? well the old adage, better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder than opening your mouth and leaving no doubt. for my knowledge of john mccain, there s nothing further than the truth. there s some photographs of you actually with senator mccain. you helped koord his visits to iraq and afghanistan when you were deployed overseas. trump, one of the things he was credited with saying is that mccain, and i quote, has not done enough for veterans in this country, and then trump talked
everyone talks about how donald trump is playing by his open rules, he s not beholden to some establishment playbook. but aren t there third rails in politics and one of them maybe, isn t it questioning the heroism of a guy like john mccain in. yeah without a doubt that is the issue that prompted all his republican rivals to kind of finally step forward and condemn him. i think it s fair to ask that why except for cruz i should say. cruz s strategy seems to be, he want to be trump voters second choice when trump inevitably flames out. who knows if that will happen. cruz praised mccain, but he did not condemn trump. that is how he sliced this. but going after john i come after this interview in john mccain s office, and one of the things he did after the interview is he gave me a little tour showed me the picture of
that letter to the iranian leaders including the ayatollah. let s watch. i m embarrassed for them. for them to address a letter to the ayatollah, who they claim is our mortal enemy, and their basic argument to them is don t deal with our president because you can t trust him to follow through on an agreement, that s close to unprecedented. today one of those senators ron johnson, of wisconsin, said the letter got one thing wrong. just one thing wrong. i suppose the only regret is who it s addressed to. well, that s a biggie. but the content of the letter the fact that it was an open letter, none whatsoever. yesterday john mb contain conceded the letter was a bit of a rush job. it was kind of a very rapid process. everybody was looking forward to getting out of town because of the snowstorm. i think we probably should have had more discussion about it given the blowback that there is. isn t it interesting how people come up with things. convenience for secretary clinton and this guy