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Op-ed: ‘McCain should show more courage on disabilities’

August 5th, 2008

By Mary Lynne Kelley in the Detroit Free Press:

I fear that McCain is too afraid to appear weak by acknowledging his disability and, as such, is poised to let down those Americans who face their own every day with bravery and dignity.

… A strange dichotomy exists that allows us to view John McCain as heroic for the injuries he sustained as a POW but weak for the resulting disability. Perhaps he is trying to conceal it out of concern for his electability.

… John McCain does not offer a disability policy. A search of the McCain Web site, JohnMcCain.com reveals no disability issue section. McCain’s health care proposals, Straight Talk on Health System Reform, make no mention of the word disabled or disability.

(Detroit Free Press photo)

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