www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-09-28-sheehan-mccain_x.htm
Sheehan calls McCain 'warmonger' after meeting WASHINGTON (AP) Peace mom Cindy Sheehan didn't change her opposition to the war in Iraq after meeting Tuesday with one of its supporters, Sen. John McCain, a Vietnam veteran whom she called "a warmonger."
By Charles Dharapak, AP Sheehan thanked McCain for meeting with her, but she came away disappoint ed. "He tried to tell us what George Bush would have said," Sheehan, who prot ested at the president's Texas home over the summer, told reporters.
Only one p erson in her small delegation has ties to the state, and that person no longer lives there. The two exchanged views about the war, and McCain described the conversat ion as "a rehash" of opinions already well known. He said he might not h ave met with Sheehan had he known none of his constituents was in the gr oup. Although McCain has criticized the handling of the Iraq war, he has suppo rted President Bush's call to stop terrorism abroad before it reaches th e US Sheehan, whose son, Casey, died in Iraq last year, has energized the anti-war movement with her call for troops to be brought home. "He is a warmonger, and I'm not," Sheehan said after meeting with McCain. Sheehan's conference with McCain was one of several scheduled this week a s part of her campaign to persuade members of Congress to explain the re asons for the war. She spoke before a massive anti-war rally Saturday on the National Mall and was arrested Monday demonstrating in front of the White House.
Video) Sheehan and McCain had met once before, shortly after the funeral of her son. Sheehan said Tuesday that McCain told her then that her son's death was "like his buddies in Vietnam" and that he feared their deaths were "for nothing." Later, Sheehan cut short her appearance at the University of Maryland, le aving a rally after about 10 minutes. Karen Pomer, a spokeswoman for Sheehan, said, "She's exhausted and she's not feeling well, but she intends to meet her obligations." This material m ay not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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