It was a joke Rev. Hence the '
' at the end. McCain should have told the truth
about it but think of it like this using your example:
You are in the same scenerio but the two friend are rivals Now you have to go
out of town for work and can only meet one and the second friend has a better
view on what you need to get done at work and you really need to the help.
Now do you tell your first friend that you are going to blow him off just to see
his rival because it would be better for him workwise knowing they don't like
each other and it could make their rivalry worse?
While I agree he shouldn't have lied about it I can see the mentality behind it.
It's irrelavent but just an observation as to why hell I could be wrong anyway.

about it but think of it like this using your example:
You are in the same scenerio but the two friend are rivals Now you have to go
out of town for work and can only meet one and the second friend has a better
view on what you need to get done at work and you really need to the help.
Now do you tell your first friend that you are going to blow him off just to see
his rival because it would be better for him workwise knowing they don't like
each other and it could make their rivalry worse?
While I agree he shouldn't have lied about it I can see the mentality behind it.
It's irrelavent but just an observation as to why hell I could be wrong anyway.