It is common knowledge that John McCain and David Cameron get on. By convention, politicians do not enter into electoral politics in other countries, but the Conservative leader has made clear how McCain impressed him when he spoke at the 2006 Conservative Party Conference while McCain has described Cameron as a Kennedyesque figure. Their staffs are said to be in regular touch and the two men talk on the phone.
At first blush, the Russo-Georgian War show how close they really are. Looking at their respective statements, it is hard to distinguish between the views of the two politicians.
In response to the invasion, it was McCain who struck a tough tone, denouncing the Russian move and called for a withdrawal from “sovereign Georgian territory,” an emergency session of the U.N. Security Council, and the creation of “a truly independent and neutral peacekeeping force.
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