According to Bill Burton, Obama’s press secretary:
Last week, John McCain told Time magazine he couldn’t define what honor was.
Referring to the actual Time interview in question, you can read the exchange:
There’s a theme that recurs in your books and your speeches, both about putting country first but also about honor. I wonder if you could define honor for us?
Read it in my books.I’ve read your books.
No, I’m not going to define it.But honor in politics?
I defined it in five books. Read my books.
It’s clear McCain wouldn’t define honor in that Time interview, but it’s irresponsible and even dishonorable to suggest that his unwillingness to answer equates with an inability to answer. In fact, McCain’s reason for not defining ‘honor’ is his perceived over-abundance of answers.