Jindal calls McCain "his own man"

WASHINGTON: A top contender for the Republican vice-presidential ticket, Indian-American Governor of Louisiana Bobby Jindal strongly batted for the party's presidential nominee John McCain, disagreeing that he will persist with President George W Bush's policies and declaring that the 72-year-old "is his own man." Jindal, 37, brushed aside the notion that McCain's presidency will actually be the third term of Bush, pointing out that the Arizona senator had opposed the administration's strategy on the Iraq war from the very beginning. "He was against pork barrel spending before that became popular. He opposed things like the "bridge to nowhere." He has not been in lock-step with this administration on a number of domestic policy issues. "And I think, because of his long-term independent streak and the fact that he has always... [read full story]