“The Obama campaign is embarking on a false attack on John McCain to hide their own candidate’s willingness to disregard facts on the ground in pursuit of withdrawal no matter what the costs. John McCain was asked if he had a ‘better estimate’ for a timeline for withdrawal. As John McCain has always said, that is not as important as conditions on the ground and the recommendations of commanders in the field. Any reasonable person who reads the full transcript would see this and reject the Obama campaign’s attempt to manipulate, twist and distort the truth.” ---Tucker Bounds, spokesman John McCain 2008
NBC’S MATT LAUER: “If it's working Senator, do you now have a better estimate of when American forces can come home from Iraq?”
SEN. MCCAIN: “No, but that's not too important. What’s important is the casualties in Iraq, Americans are in South Korea, Americans are in Japan, American troops are in Germany. That’s all fine. American casualties and the ability to withdraw; we will be able to withdraw. General Petraeus is going to tell us in July when he thinks we are. But the key to it is that we don't want any more Americans in harm's way. That way, they will be safe, and serve our country and come home with honor and victory, not in defeat, which is what Senator Obama's proposal would have done. I’m proud of them. And they're doing a great job. And we are succeeding and it's fascinating that Senator Obama still doesn't realize that.”
Please note also that Sen. Obama himself has a history of greatly distorting Sen. McCain’s words on Iraq. In fact the last go ‘round on this—Obama’s “100 years” smear—represents one of the few times the media has actually scrutinized him. Certainly they don’t want to relive it:
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