Who’s McCain Really Keeping His Distance From?Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) is making himself scarce for the National Republican Congressional Committee’s annual fundraising award dinner with President Bush on June 18.
The Hill speculates that McCain is attempting to distance “himself from the man he wants to replace,” but as we noted yesterday there’s another attendee who McCain might want to avoid.
The dinner with President Bush is part of a two-day celebration for winners of the NRCC’s “Republican Congressional Medal of Distinction.” Springboro, Ohio, City Councilman Michael W. Hemmert will be one of the people accepting this distinction, despite two sets of drug charges (cocaine and marijuana) for which he’s currently receiving treatment in lieu of conviction.
The NRCC declined to comment when we asked if Hemmert was still invited to the event.