McCain on N. Korea: 'I Don't Need Lessons from John Kerry on Politicizing Issues'

A phalanx of Democrats, led by Hillary Clinton, claims the Bush administration is to blame for the N. Korean nuclear test. John McCain responds, pointing out that it was the Clinton administration's failed "agreed framework" that let Kim Jong Il merrily go about his bomb-and-missile-making ways.

So how does Hannah Storm of CBS' Early Show frame the state of play?

"Sen. John Kerry said that you must be trying to burnish your credentials for the nomination process, he's referring of course to your presidential aspirations. I mean, what do you say to those who say that you're [her voice breaking into a horrifed squeak] politicizing this issue?"

McCain had had enough: "I say that the attacks were made on President Bush, I responded to those attacks on this administration and [his nose wrinkling in disgust] I don't think I need any lessons from my friend John Kerry on politicizing an issue."

Bada-bing.

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