John McCain fretted Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that the intensely negative and personal tenor of the GOP presidential primaries could harm his party’s odds of defeating President Obama in November.
His exchange with Jake Tapper:
TAPPER: Are you worried at the tenor of the campaign being such that President Obama will have a much easier time being re-elected? I’ve talked to a lot of Republicans who two or three months ago were very bullish on defeating President Obama and now are very, very worried that, because this race has gotten so nasty — and, as you suggest, the negative ratings of the candidates have gone so high, he may, in fact, be re-elected.
MCCAIN: I am concerned about that Jake. And I think there’s reason to be concerned about it. I’ve been in very tough campaigns. I don’t think I’ve seen one that was as personal and as characterized by so many attacks as these are. And, frankly, one of the reasons is the super PACs. And why do we have the super PACs? Because the ignorance and naivete of the United States Supreme Court in the Citizens United campaign.
