McCain picks up on Obama’s ‘bitter’ comments

YORK - U.S. Sen. John McCain took an opportunity Tuesday to dig up the now infamous "bitter" remarks made by his Democratic opponent U.S. Sen. Barack Obama during the run-up to the Pennsylvania primary.

McCain said at the end of town hall meeting in York that he is going to campaign across the Keystone State "to tell the people that I don't believe they cherish their Second Amendment right and religion because they're bitter and angry about the economy. I'm going to tell them that I think they're the heartland of America."

Obama made his now infamous comments, which were originally reported by a citizen journalist for the Huffington Post, at a San Francisco fundraiser in April.

"It's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations," Obama said about working class people who are having economic difficulties.

Obama has since said he regrets his choice of words.