ONE thing struck me strongly when Senator John McCain and Senator Joseph Lieberman visited Malaysia about a year back. Although they were on opposite sides of the divide, McCain being a Republican and Lieberman a Democrat, they represented the United States when they were here.
They spoke at the Kuala Lumpur Business Club and they were clearly non-partisan, speaking up always for US positions and interests, almost with one voice. The idea of Republican and Democrat was not there at all and both firmly supported US president Barack Obama, a Democrat.
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