"This is as close to McCarthyism as you can get in a campaign."

"'What has surprised me is the voracity with which they have tried to attack his heroism,' McKean said. 'I have never seen people lie so egregiously and get away with it. This is as close to McCarthyism as you can get in a campaign. The print press has worked hard to discredit it, but television just replays the charges over and over.'"More.: