My open letter to Senator McCain, with a note and action item at the end.
Dear Senator McCain:
After last night’s town hall debate, I noticed that you and Mrs. McCain spent only a few minutes mingling with the audience, before you quietly left. Meanwhile, Senator and Mrs. Obama remained in the venue, chatting and shaking hands with audience members, taking pictures with them, and signing autographs.
The fact that you were so quick to take your leave of people whose votes you presumably hope to win suggests to me that you have, whether consciously or unconsciously, already ceded the race to Senator Obama. This would not be an unreasonable thing to do, since despite the increasing viciousness of your campaign the polls are slowly but relentlessly moving away from you, with one state after another slipping into Senator Obama’s column.
As your fellow American, I therefore respectfully call upon you to finish the last weeks of this campaign with the dignity and honor you once held in the eyes of so many; so many who have since become bitterly disappointed in you as we have watched you sell that dignity and honor to the merchants of sleaze and smear.
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