Different Standards

Why is it that when Obama comes out and says that lives in Iraq were wasted he is scorned by members of the American press and public, but when war veteran and American hero John McCain says exactly the same thing the headline remains that John McCain announced his candidacy for president. If any member of the blue were to have claimed the lives were wasted as Mr McCain did that would have been the story and it was when Obama did. For some reason there is a double standard, it is time to us as Americans to hold all candidates to the same standards. We are letting McCain distance himself to from the president with out holding him to the same standards the rest of the field is held to. I guess last night brought back the Straight Talk Express, and did he really need to announce his candidacy for president, i think i began the day McCain endorsed W and that worked well, didn't it?