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Source: Bush will attack Iran
Republican presumptive presidential nominee Sen. John McCain, R-AZ, greets guests at the conclusion of a ceremony to award U.S. Navy SEAL Michael Monsoor a posthumous Medal of Honor in the East Room of the White House on April 8, 2008. Monsoor was awarded the Medal after using his body to shield other SEALs from a grenade in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, on September 29, 2006. He is the fourth person to receive the nation's highest military honor since the U.S. invaded Afghanistan and Iraq. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)
One component, the so-called pragmatists, some of whom think the Iraq war was a mistake, is showing concern that McCain, R-Ariz., the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, is coming under increased influence of the neoconservatives, credited with playing a major role in making the case for war, The New York Times (NYSE:NYT) said Thursday.
Concerns have grown in recent weeks as McCain assembled a list of foreign policy advisers that includes prominent neoconservatives. Randy Scheunemann, the McCain campaign's chief foreign policy aide with close ties to neoconservatives, also was reported drawing wary attention.
Noticing the concerns, McCain assured reporters there is "a broad array of people that I talk to and hear from and read what they write."