Liberal Internet blogger Arianna Huffington says McCain
told her he did not. But the Arizona senator says he did vote
for Bush, a fellow Republican, in 2000 and campaigned for him
all over the country after his own attempt to win the party's
nomination failed.
The claims and counterclaims may provide an entertaining
distraction from the day-to-day battle for votes for this
November's presidential election, when McCain will face one of
two Democratic contenders, Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton.
But Huffington said in an interview the dust-up over the
item she posted on her Web site earlier this week has broader
meaning than whether or not McCain voted for his rival in the
2000 race for the Republican nomination.
"It's John McCain's relationship with the truth that's at
stake here. It's not John McCain's relationship with me,"
Huffington said.
A New York Times story about the spat noted other guests at
the party said they also heard McCain's comments.
McCain says it never happened and he was loyal to Bush.
"I voted for Bush in 2000 and 2004," he said in an
interview with Fox News' "O'Reilly Factor" that aired on
Thursday night.
"And not only that, far more important than a vote, I
campaigned everywhere in America for him," McCain said. "I
enjoyed it. I campaigned with him. I did everything I could to
get him elected and re-elected president."
(Reporting by Donna Smith; Editing by John O'Callaghan)
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