proudelitist – Okay, let’s talk about Iraq. McCain voted for it, as did HIllary. MOst did, because the info given them made it the only responsible action to take.
Obama wasn’t in the Senate yet. he was running for it, so he took an anti-war stance. How brave. No skin in the game. Once he was electe, he stated in 2004, he’s “not sure how he would have voted, because he didn’t have access to the info the Senators had.”
In 2003, McCain criticized the “Mission Accomplished’ nonsense. He went over there and talked to the troops and generals. He started calling for a change even then. This persisted for years. He kept telling people the war would be won soon, which it should have been.
You can’t fault McCain for his Iraq decisions. He, at least, followed up and demanded better, identifying specific problems and calling for certain solutions. He deserves a lot of credit for the success there, and no blame for the failures. He was a pain in Bush’s backside during the losing years.
