Democratic Senator Jay Rockefeller has apologized to John McCain for calling McCain a "hit and run aviator." Rockefeller also suggested to a West Virginia newspaper that McCain does not care about “the lives of people” caught in the wars he champions, dating back to his Navy service in Vietnam.
The interview included this quote from Rockefeller:
“McCain was a fighter pilot, who dropped laser-guided missiles from 35,000 feet. He was long gone when they hit,” Rockefeller told the newspaper, which published the article on the interview Tuesday. “What happened when they [the missiles] get to the ground? He doesn’t know. You have to care about the lives of people. McCain never gets into those issues."
McCain's campaign called on Barack Obama to condemn the remarks. (AP Photo)
