John Kerry: McCain 'prisoner' of the right wing, updated w/video

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Sunday August 31, 2008 · 7:41 AM PDT

2008/08/31 · 07:41

Sen John Kerry just finished up a blunt interview on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos with this line, referencing Sarah Palin:

"John McCain has proven he's a prisoner of the right wing, not a maverick."

Wow. Yeah, he emphasized the word prisoner, too.

UPDATED: ABC has the video up of Kerry's 6-minute interview, the prisoner part is at the very end.

Earlier in the interview Kerry also said Palin "is back with the Flat Earth Society, she "doesn't believe climate change is man-made."

He also said it was "ridiculous" to think Palin might be ready on day 1, that the McCain campaign must think Hillary Clinton's supporters are "stupid" if they're going after her votes with someone who holds the opposite views, and that given her conservative social views it's no longer just Bush's third term McCain's running for, it's Cheney's third term too.

This confirms what we saw at the convention, that the Obama campaign's taken the gloves off and are going after McCain on any fronts that present themselves.

Kerry was careful to say he's not attacking Palin--he's attacking McCain for picking her for the ticket.

But it was a surprisingly full-throated interview from Kerry, looks like the convention speech aggressiveness may be his new norm.

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