Republican presidential candidate John McCain continued his Labor Day weekend tour of Iowa today at a ceremony unveiling a veteran's monument in Neola.
McCain was the last of a half-dozen speakers at the event, which drew a crowd of about 300. Many wore fatigues or military uniforms.
McCain said while war is tragic, the fight for freedom is an honor veterans share and understand.
"Most veterans know, war is an experience we would not trade," he said. "We might be proud to have overcome the paralysis of terror...to sacrifice for something greater than ourselves."
McCain's morning western Iowa stop was part of a holiday weekend of campaigning in the state - his first visit since the Iowa State Fair last month. At a visit to a rural Gladbrook home Sunday, McCain's remarks focused on the fate of the Iowa caucuses, saying that Iowa and New Hampshire should remain the traditional leadoff states in the presidential nomination process.
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