McCain Adviser Apologizes for Terror Line

A senior adviser to presumptive GOP presidential nominee John McCain apologized Monday for saying a terrorist attack would help his candidate get elected.

The adviser, Charlie Black, said in an interview with Fortune magazine that if there were a terror attack it would be a big advantage to McCain.

Appearing outside a McCain campaign event in Fresno, Calif., Black apologized.

I deeply regret the comments — they were inappropriate, Black said. I recognize that John McCain had devoted his entire life to protecting his country and placing its security before every other consideration.

Obama spokesman Bill Burton criticized the remark.

The fact that John McCain’s top adviser says that a terrorist attack on American soil would be a ‘big advantage’ for their political campaign is a complete disgrace, and is exactly the kind of politics that needs to change, Burton said.