SIX CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPERS ENDORSE JOHN MCCAIN FOR PRESIDENT
The Stockton Record, the Los Angeles Daily News, the Chico News & Review, The San Jose Mercury News, the Santa Cruz Sentinel and The Sacramento Bee endorse John McCain
"Make no mistake: McCain is a staunch Republican. He's willing to stray from partisanship for partisanship's sake. He's willing to take stands that aren't popular with members of his party and forge coalitions with Democrats." -- The Stockton Record
"In McCain, Republicans have a candidate who is true to their party's ideals but not a lackey to its leadership. ... [W]hen it couldn't have been less popular, McCain pushed for the surge. History has proved him right on that score, too. And many U.S. troops and Iraqis' lives have been saved because of it." -- The Los Angeles Daily News
"Among the viable Republican candidates, John McCain is the best choice. On several issues -- immigration, global warming and trade among them -- he is as good as any candidate, Republican or Democratic ... [He's] consistently fought to expose wasteful, pork-barrel spending. He's long championed campaign-finance reform. As a former POW, he understands that torture is unworthy of America, and has pledged never to use it and to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay. -- The Chico News & Review
"Six month ago, McCain's campaign was in shambles. What has caused voters to give him a second look are his integrity and authenticity. ... At 71, McCain would be inaugurated as the nation's oldest president. But with age has come a maturity and steadfastness of purpose." -- The San Jose Mercury News
"McCain has the kind of grit and determination that comes to a man who has suffered and overcome. ... He is the most electable Republican running and he's conservative enough. He's a politician who delivers straight talk; a man who has been down and doesn't stays there." -- Santa Cruz Sentinel
"As a senator with 20 years experience, a former Navy pilot and Vietnam prisoner of war, McCain has the independence, moral compass and public service ethos to renew the presidency and his party." -- The Sacramento Bee
