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North, characterizing the former Iran-Contra defendant’s remarks as a ploy to gain political capital from a dangerous military situation. \ I “I don’t think it’s useful to signal some other country that we’re not capable of doing what we say,” said Coleman, a former Virginia attorney general and two-time candidate for governor. \
Despite his criticism, Robb admitted North had largely succeeded in defining the senatorial campaign. “I have seen lots of campaigns,” Robb told reporters after the debate, “but there are few that even compare to this one in terms of the kind of professional support that only money can buy. It’s very well done.”
Recent polls have shown North in a virtual dead heat with Robb, the son-in-law of former President Lyndon B. Johnson and a former governor of Virginia.
At Sunday’s debate, a Falls Church man criticized Robb’s campaign as remaining passive in the face of North’s attacks. “You have to be a little more aggressive," Walter Schwartz, 70, told Robb. “He’s been aggressive against you.”
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