Captain May I?

Apparently the McCain campaign has to ask permission for “The Maverick” to disagree with the Neo-Con machine.

 

McCain staff to White House: Caution, distancing ahead

John McCain’s senior campaign staff and President Bush’s senior White House staff are so close that the McCain folks let the Bush folks know in advance whenever McCain is about to distance himself from the unpopular president, says a top McCain aide.

Case in point, says Charlie Black, was McCain’s criticism last week of Bush’s handling of Hurricane Katrina. “Disgraceful” is how McCain classified it during a New Orleans campaign stop.

“We have an excellent relationship with the White House,” Black told reporters at a Friday lunch. “The senior staffs talk literally every day, sometimes more than once a day.”

“So they realize that from time to time we will disagree with the president on issues. And the important thing is to coordinate and, whenever possible, give them a heads-up about what we are going to say so that they can be prepared for it. They knew that we were going to New Orleans and going to the Ninth Ward and knew what to expect, so I don’t think they were surprised,” Black said.