McCain Gives Pep Talk to Marshall Football Team

(CBS)

From CBS News' John Bentley:

(HUNTINGTON, W.V.) – John McCain stopped by the Marshall University football team's practice here this morning, where he compared the years he spent as a POW in Vietnam to the adversity Marshall overcame when most of their football team perished in an airplane crash in 1970.

"When we didn't work as a team, they broke us down," McCain said as the squad surrounded him on the field. "We were a team and we had leaders. Our leaders were our senior ranking officers. They're the ones that when we failed they picked us up and sent us back into the fight."

McCain praised the "unique institution" and its "courage and tradition of victory," although he failed to mention that this is the first time in seven years Marshall is able to field a full roster because of NCAA sanctions. The university has been on probation since 2001 because of illegally employing players and academic fraud, among other violations.

[mattcat25]

"It''''s not nice to make fun of folks older than you. I guess you don''''t expect to live long enough to be called senior citizen."
Posted by johnbush2


How presumptuous of you JohnWBush2 to imply that you have the knowledge of my personal epoch. But, I assume in comparison to an Ancient Fossil like John %u201Cthe war monger%u201D McCain most everyone could be considered YOUNGER!

Is McCain the last American World War I Veteran still alive?

[johnbush2-2009]

John McCain is sooo old he used to play street football with the Apostles%u2026my friendz.

Posted by mattcat25 at 03:30 PM : Aug 06, 2008

It''s not nice to make fun of folks older than you. I guess you don''t expect to live long enough to be called senior citizen.

[johnbush2-2009]

When John McCain played football they used an actual pig.

Posted by mattcat25 at 03:59 PM : Aug 06, 2008

Is that why as a muslim, Obama has not touched a football.

[shaheed92]

That wrinkled white-haired dude is so old he graduated at the bottom of the class with Methuselah - his best bud.

[mattcat25]

When John McCain played football they used an actual pig.

[mattcat25]

Grampy McCain played football with the Hebrews against the Romans, the object of the Jewish team was to%u2026.get the quarter%u2026back.

[mattcat25]

John McCain is sooo old he used to play street football with the Apostles%u2026my friendz.

[mattcat25]

John McCain is sooo old he used to play street football with the Apostles%u2026my friendz.

[mattcat25]

John McCain%u2019s first wife was cheerleader, he dumped her after she wasn%u2019t perky any longer.

[javalation]

Wait a minute. Didn''t McCain tell the enemy everything they wanted to know, and then get put in isolation for most of his stay? His teamwork talk should center around how he, Bush, Limbaugh and his con buds are teaming up to attack and misrepresent his opponent. Or maybe he could tell them about how he works on legislation to enrich his big corporate donors and supporters. That would be more accurate... but then, when does McCain go for truth or accuracy?