‘One of the almost irresistible impulses
you have when you lose is to somehow justify why you lost and how you
were mistreated: “I did the right thing! I did!” The hardest thing to do
is to just shut up.’
McCain had the Senate to fall back on when his presidential aspirations went belly-up.
Hillary had only a series of sympathetic TV interviews and her book tour.
McCain suggested she got back on the horse too quickly.
‘What’s the f***ing point?’ the salty former naval aviator asked: ‘Keep the fight up?’
‘History will judge that campaign, and it’s always a period of time before they do. You’ve got to move on.’
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