nonproliferation

John McCain sketched out a nuclear security agenda that represents a dramatic break with the Bush White House.

Covering McCain’s Tuesday speech on nuclear security policy, Elisabeth Bumiller reported in the New York Times that the Republican presidential nominee “distanced himself from the Bush administration.” Lefty bloggers, meanwhile, whined that many of McCain’s proposals were “right out of George W. Bush’s play book.” But the proper point of reference for McCain’s speech—and the best guide to his likely behavior in office—is his own record on nonproliferation policy, not Bush’s. MORE