I am deeply grateful to John McCain for his service to our nation, as I am for all those who defend and protect us with their very lives. But I’ve been bothered all night and morning now about a comment Senator McCain made yesterday at the Fox News debate after Mitt Romney talked about his executive leadership skills in the business world. John McCain contrasted himself with Romney by pointing out that McCain led as a young man in Vietnam “not for profit, but for patriotism.”

Perhaps I’m reading too much into it, but it bothered me — there is nothing shameful in having a record of success in the business world, of creating and saving jobs and helping move the economy within the market. We’re used to hearing that there is something shameful in making money from Democrats, we don’t need that from Republicans, too.