McCain Embarrassed by Yahoo’s Actions in China; Also Calls Google To The Mat

Published: November 12, 2007, 7:06 am

Next up in our series of interviews with 2008 presidential candidates: Senator John McCain. The recording is below and is also available at TalkCrunch. McCain’s campaign made no stipulations on the questions I could ask (and they didn’t even hold this against us). He spoke frankly and clearly outlined his position on a number of key technology issues: China, H-1B Visas, Net Neutrality, Internet Taxes, Identity Theft and other topics. The conversation lasted for just over 22 minutes. The full transcript of the podcast is below. McCain’s position on a number of issues was surprising. For example, he lambasted Yahoo over their recent Congressional testimony (their actions resulted in imprisonment of a Chinese journalist), saying: Well, obviously, it was an unacceptable act. And then apparently they tried to cover it up some time ago. Yahoo is a great, great corporation. They have contributed so much. And it's embarrassing, and it's frustrating…I think

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