Excerpt from the article at:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-1344943,00.html
During the early summer, Mr Kerry implored Mr McCain, the maverick Republican
who ran against Mr Bush in the 2000 Republican primaries, to become his
running-mate, meeting him seven times. He even offered to expand the
vice-presidency to include running the Pentagon. “I can’t say this is an
offer because I’ve got to be able to deny it,” Mr Kerry told Mr McCain.
“But you’ve got to do this.”
Mr McCain told him he was out of his mind, and went on to embrace Mr Bush.
“Goddammit,” a furious Mr Kerry said to an aide. “Don’t you know what I
offered him? Why the f*** didn’t he take it?” At the time, Mr Kerry also
thought that John Edwards, his eventual choice, was overly ambitious. “What
makes this guy think he can be president?” he asked staff in February.
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