McCain Asks for Donations to Make 2013 Agenda Happen

John McCain is asking supporters to donate money to make his 2013 vision a reality.

McCain today outlined his vision 0f America in 2013, the year his first White House term would end in a speech in Columbus, Ohio today. The Arizona senator said he hopes for an end to the Iraq war; cheaper, more available healthcare; fewer illegal immigrants entering the country; nuclear disarmament in Russia, China, and North Korea; and a host of other changes. (See the Briefing Room’s post here.)

This afternoon, McCain sent an email to supporters outlining that vision and asking for funds.

“And now, I call on you to do your part in making this vision a reality,” McCain wrote. “I am not presumptuous enough to think that I will be elected our next president without your help, and I humbly ask you today to make a contribution to my campaign of any amount to ensure my campaign is fully funded and able to take my message and vision directly to every American voter.”

McCain also called for unity and civility during the election, telling his supporters that he’s not interested in partisanship for partisanship’s sake. See an excerpt from the email below:

There are serious issues at stake in this election, and serious differences, but it should remain an argument among friends; each of us struggling to hear our conscience, and heed its demands. Each of us, despite our differences, united in our great cause and respectful of the goodness in each other. That is how most Americans treat each other. And it is how they want the people they elect to office to treat each other.

We cannot again leave our problems for another unluckier generation of Americans to fix after they have become even harder to solve. I’m not interested in partisanship that serves no other purpose than to gain a temporary advantage over our opponents. We are all compatriots. We are fellow Americans.