McCain Questions Obama Remark Comparing '60s Radical, Lawmaker

washingtonpost.com

In his appearance on ABC's "This Week With George Stephanopoulos," the presumptive GOP presidential nominee questioned why Obama (D-Ill.) had compared William Ayers -- an academic who belonged to the Weather Underground, a violent group opposed to the Vietnam War -- to Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), a McCain backer who has said he supports the death penalty for abortion providers.