Fair share.

• Author: Peters, Charles
• Position: Tilting at Windmills - Brief Article

John McCain recently called for more sharing of the sacrifice during wartime. Dennis Hastert replied: "John McCain ought to visit our young men and women at Walter Reed and Bethesda. There is the sacrifice in this country."

Can you believe it? This man, as speaker of the House, is third in the line of succession for the presidency. His comment makes clear that he is cut from the same cloth as Bush and Cheney, and would be no improvement. All three have pursued a policy of tax cuts for the wealthy, who are the...