McCain and Cuba

[John Simkin]

John McCain has made a speech that suggests that he might finish the job of started by JFK at the Bay of Pigs. He claimed in Miami that he would not "passively wait for an end to Castro's tyranny." However, it was not clear what McCain would do differently than previous presidents. During his speech he attacked Barack Obama for proposing talks with Raul Castro about easing the US embargo. McCain also said he would prosecute Cuban officials for murder and other crimes. He did not say he was prosecute Cubans accused of murder such as Orlando Bosch and Luis Posada. Of course, McCain is just after the Cuban-American vote, but do they care as much as their parents about Fidel and Raul Castro?