Rove says McBush can't win

(CNN) — The man largely credited for organizing a campaign to defeat
John McCain in 2000 now has some advice for the Arizona senator: Stop
being so private.

Writing in the Wall Street Journal, former top Bush adviser Karl Rove
called McCain "one of the most private individuals to run for
president in history," and said the presumptive Republican nominee
must reveal more about his unique life story in order to win the
presidency.

"Private people like Mr. McCain are rare in politics for a reason,"
Rove writes. "Candidates who are uncomfortable sharing their interior
lives limit their appeal. But if Mr. McCain is to win the election
this fall, he has to open up."

Specifically, Rove says McCain should reveal more about his wartime
heroics and days as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. He also says McCain
should spend more time highlighting the fact he and his wife took in a
sick Bangladeshi child in 1991, their adopted daughter Bridget.

"Mr. McCain cannot make this a biography-only campaign – but he can't
afford to make it a biography-free campaign either," Rove writes.
"Unless he opens up more, many voters will never know the experiences
of his life that show his character, integrity and essential decency.

“There is something admirable in his resilience, but he needs to
overcome it."

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