Reid blasts back at McCain

[babylonsister]

Reid blasts back at McCain

by Matthew Hay Brown

Turns out Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid doesn’t appreciate being mentioned in a Republican presidential campaign advertisement.

When Sen. John McCain unveiled a radio spot Monday that paraphrased the Nevada Democrat saying the war in Iraq was lost, it took Reid just hours to blast back.

“While I understand that Senator McCain is doing everything he can to breathe life into his presidential campaign, these kinds of attacks – and his consistent support of a failed strategy that has kept our troops mired in an endless civil war – will only further undermine his credibility with voters,” Reid said in a statement.

“Democrats have given the troops a pay raise, increased funding for veterans and most importantly have fought to give our soldiers what they deserve – a strategy for success. We will continue to challenge Bush Republicans like Senator McCain who push a failed war strategy that makes us less secure at home and weakens us abroad.”

It’s not clear what about McCain’s advertisement Reid considers an “attack.” In April, Reid said:

"I believe myself that the secretary of state, secretary of defense and – you have to make your own decisions as to what the president knows – this war is lost and the surge is not accomplishing anything as indicated by the extreme violence in Iraq yesterday.”

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[Edgewater_Joe]

1. Did Harry Mention Holy Joe?

If not, he should shut up.

Chris Dodd for Majority Leader.

[mike_c]

2. "a strategy for success" = complicity in war crimes....

Reid and McCain are just two sides of the same worthless coin, IMO.

[sandnsea]

3. back to strategy for success talk

I guess that's why we aren't hearing about timelines and troop withdrawal anymore. Somebody in the party is back on the "success" train. Wonder who that could be.

[acmavm]

4. Harry can defend himself I see. Too bad he doesn't think the

entire party is worth straining himself over.