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Posted Friday, June 13, 2008 10:50 AM

Crooks and Liars: McCain struggles to wrap up his own party’s support

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There’s been quite a bit of talk the past few days about a handful of House Democrats who’ve announced that they won’t endorse Barack Obama’s presidential campaign. Most notably, Rep. Dan Boren , a right-wing Dem from Oklahoma said he’ll vote for Obama in November, but he won’t endorse him beforehand, calling Obama “the most liberal senator” in Congress. Noting the phenomenon of Obama holdouts among Democratic lawmakers on the Hill, the AP said John McCain “has his own issues in his party,” but “ only a handful ” of GOP lawmakers have withheld their support for him. As it turns out, though, the AP is wrong. There’s actually more than a “handful.” At least 14 Republican members of Congress have refused to endorse or publicly support...
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