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McCain Denies '87 Sandinista Tussle

Candidate doesn't know what colleague is talking about

By Jonas Oransky,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 3, 2008 10:33 AM CDT

(Newser) – John McCain denies colleague Thad Cochran's recollection that he physically assaulted a Nicaraguan official in 1987, the New York Times reports, saying “it’s simply not true.” The Mississippi Republican remembers that McCain “reached over and grabbed this guy by the shirt...   Read full story »

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