McCain Tells Obama to Cut Clark Loose

by Andy Barr - 07/02/08 11:08 AM ET

John McCain raised the bar in the ongoing dust up between his campaign and the Barack Obama camp over retired Gen. Wesley Clark, saying it is time to cut Clark loose.

“I think it’s up to Senator Obama now to not only repudiate him but cut him loose,” McCain told reporters on his press plane en route to Colombia, according to CNN.

The two camps have been sparring over Clark since Sunday, when Clark said on Face the Nation that McCain’s military experience is not a “qualification to be president.”

Many within the McCain camp have charged Clark with “denigrating” McCain’s military service. Obama has rejected Clark’s comment.

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