McCain commends Bush for misleading Americans on Iraq. Not sure about this

[ProSense]

but who can keep track!

MCCAIN STATEMENT ON WAR IN IRAQ

For Immediate Release
Friday, Aug 25, 2006

Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator John McCain released the following statement on the war in Iraq:

“I agreed with the President’s difficult decision to go to war in Iraq. I remain fully supportive of his determination not to leave Iraq until the freely elected government of that country and its armed forces are able to defend their country from foreign and domestic enemies intent on thwarting the will of the Iraqi people to create a civil society in which the rights and security of all Iraqis are protected.

“I have often emphasized the importance of leveling with the American people about the high costs and many difficulties of the mission, the potentially calamitous consequences of failure and the many benefits of success, as the President has also frequently stressed. But I have never intended my concern that the American public be fully informed about the conduct and consequences of the war to indicate any lessening of my support for our mission there. On the contrary, I view a candid, informed public discussion of the war as critical to sustaining popular support for the war and, thus, indispensable to ensuring the ultimate success of our mission. And I commend the President for his public statements offering Americans an honest assessment of the progress we have made in Iraq and the challenges that still confront us there, and, of course, for his determination to defend American security and international peace and stability by succeeding in this arduous and costly enterprise.”

http://www.mccain.senate.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=Newscenter.ViewPressRelease&Content_id=2275

McCain faults administration on Iraq

By JOHN McCARTHY, Associated Press Writer Tue Aug 22, 11:08 PM ET

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Republican Sen. John McCain (news, bio, voting record), a staunch defender of theIraq war, on Tuesday faulted the Bush administration for misleading Americans into believing the conflict would be "some kind of day at the beach."

The potential 2008 presidential candidate, who a day earlier had rejected calls for withdrawing U.S. forces, said the administration had failed to make clear the challenges facing the military.

"I think one of the biggest mistakes we made was underestimating the size of the task and the sacrifices that would be required," McCain said. "Stuff happens, mission accomplished, last throes, a few dead-enders. I'm just more familiar with those statements than anyone else because it grieves me so much that we had not told the American people how tough and difficult this task would be."

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060823/ap_on_go_co/mccain_iraq_6

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[MrModerate]

1. This is just McCain practicing . . .

Believing three impossible things before breakfast. Necessary if he's going to campaign across the broad spectrum of Republickers in 2008, from KKK rallies to fundraisers for Lieberman.

[union_maid]

2. He's for it and he's against it

For the war all the way, for and against deceiving the American people and having an idiot for a president.

[lumpy]

3. He's on the 08' campaign trail,

already. Biggest waffler in the business. We can't afford to have another misfit in the White House, and this guy is a misfit if there ever was one.

[MadMaddie]

4. I do believe the term is FLIP FLOP..

We need to use their shit against them....