ELISA ENGLISH's Blog 英語園地

(1) Whatever our differences, we are fellow Americans. And please believe me when I say no association has ever meant more to me than that.

(2) McCain also seemed to go out of his way to step back from one of his and Palin's most pernicious attacks on the young Democrat — the suggestion that he had associated with "terrorists" such as former radical leader William Ayers.

McCain所說的"association"跟以上的the suggestion that he had associated with "terrorists" such as former radical leader William Ayers.  這句似乎有關，不過我還是搞不太懂。

Elisa 講解

No, these sentences stated two different types of association.

#1 is about the association as fellow Americans.

同是美國人的關聯

No association has ever meant more to me than that.

That means: the association as fellow Americans.

And please believe me when I say no association has ever meant more to me than the association as fellow Americans.

#2 is about the association with terrorist.

與恐怖分子有關聯.