Mccain attacks Obama, but gets confused about Iraq...AGAIN!

John McCain said this today in Rochester, New Hampshire: "This is a clear choice that the American people have. I had the courage and the judgment to say I would rather lose a political campaign than lose a war. It seems to me that Obama would rather lose a war in order to win a political campaign."

This is the ninth presidential campaign I've covered. I can't remember a more scurrilous statement by a major party candidate. It smacks of desperation. It renews questions about whether McCain has the right temperament for the presidency. How sad.

Scurrility Update: Readers should note that I said that I can't remember a more scurrilous statement by a major party candidate. Smart politicians leave the scurrilous stuff to their aides; in fact, a McCain spokesman expressed these words almost exactly on July 14. There is a reason why politicians who want to be President don't say these sort of things: It isn't presidential. A President exists in the straitjacket of literality. His words mean something. So John McCain has to literally believe that Barack Obama would "rather lose a war in order to win a political campaign." I can't imagine that he does. He popped off, out of frustration.

The reality is that neither Barack Obama nor Nouri al-Maliki nor most anybody else believes that the Iraq war can be "lost" at this point. The reality is that no matter who is elected President, we are looking at a residual U.S. force of 30-50,000 by 2011 (a year ahead of the previous schedule). The reality is that McCain should be proud that he helped salvage a disastrous situation by pushing the counterinsurgency plan. It's something to run on. But, at this point, McCain must sense that it's not a winning hand. Obama, the poker player, has drawn to an inside straight: the Iraqis favor his plan over McCain's long-term bases. That must be galling. But it's no excuse to pop off the way McCain did. It was, shockingly, unpresidential.
http://www.time-blog.com/swampland/2008/07/mccain_meltdown.html
During an interview with Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), CBS Evening News host Katie Couric noted that Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) said recently that "there might have been improved security [in Iraq] even without the surge" and asked McCain, "What's your response to that?"
After first calling Obama's claim "a false depiction of what actually happened," McCain proceeded to falsely claim that the surge "began the Anbar awakening":

McCAIN: I don't know how you respond to something that is such a false depiction of what actually happened. Colonel McFarland was contacted by one of the major Sunni sheiks. Because of the surge we were able to go out and protect that sheik and others. And it began the Anbar awakening. I mean, that's just a matter of history.

But in a puzzling move, the CBS Evening News did not actually televise McCain's false claim tonight. As MSNBC's Keith Olbermann reported, "CBS curiously, to say the least, left it on the edit room floor. It aired Katie Couric's question, but in response, it inserted part of McCain's answer to another question instead."
http://geniusofinsanityworld.blogspot.com/2008/07/john-mccain-confused-on-sun...

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[vln1972]

theres more to the world then just the war in Iraq. theres healthcare issues- economy, education... all u Obama haters say just because he never fought in a war he doesnt know crap?? please!! what solutions have u heard McCain speak on about providing relief to the struggles of the middle class--which many of these VETERANS are!! If not less! Since he always likes to talk about how he will "take care of the veterans" You people need to wake the hell up and recognize that USA is in big trouble!!

[Mzzperfect]

cud someone tell this old fool to stop saying we r winning the war!

[vln1972]

@JacobSly1 i made that comment 2 years ago in response to people bashing OBAMA since he became President...your replying to me today......do i think you dont know the USA is in trouble? Or anybody else for that matter? I dont know what you know....all i know is theres a whole lot of bashing going on against OBAMA still. I bet you the bashing we saw against Obama if it was any other President they bashed that hard those people doing the damn bashing would be arrested for TREASON!

[JacobSly1]

@vln1972 It's been 2 years pal...Do you really think that we don't know that the US is in trouble????!!!!!!! THE USA HAS BEEN IN TROUBLE SINCE THE START OF THE AFGHANISTAN/ IRAQ WAR!!!!!!!

[ReallyBadService]

@jkdsifu McCain would have been the better vote. However, he was stupid enough to choose Sarah Palin as his Vice President.

[redsoxfan426]

MSNBC and Fox News are both a big joke!! They give news broadcasting a negative image with their slants. It is especially amazing how many strong conservatives watch Fox and only Fox.

[libssuck55]

Olberdouch is a fucking joke. So is msnbs fucking go back to sports so you can check out guys fag ass

[pissingpeopleoff109]

@jkdsifu 2 years later do you still believe that

[MegaSHamed]

YOU have a whole bunch of afghans volonters to make war in Iran reasons : becous they descriminat afghan refugis , no right to study at school , executed 5 years afghan kid in public in 2005, 3000 afghans have been executed this year , 5000 afghans are prisoners right now , 250000 afghan refugis have been deported in winter and around 15000 of them die in afghanistan becous of coldness, they creat many islamic groups in afghanistan to make war continu in afghanistan, we are for war in iran ..

[SwampDog1957]

Maybe you should learn the difference between to and too. Bwaaaaahaaaaaa

[chuk451]

shut the fuck up, ur to stupid to be posting in here. go collect some cans.

[chuk451]

well go to the school for special education kids, u'll find plenty of the canidates there. I think ur did has an overbite