John Nichols: Gay friend knows a better McCain
John Nichols — 9/10/2008 6:02 am
http://www.madison.com/tct/opinion/column/304167The finest testimonial on behalf of the Republican nominee for president came in a speech delivered far from the convention center by former Arizona Congressman Jim Kolbe, a man who has known McCain for decades and had something meaningful to say about the senator.
Addressing a gathering at St. Paul's University Club, where gay and lesbian Republicans had convened their Log Cabin Club event, Kolbe offered a heartfelt, at times emotional, endorsement of McCain.
McCain, Kolbe recalled, was the first political figure to whom the former congressman revealed that he was a gay man.
