McCain flip-flops on every important issue of our times .... including apparently , the war ....
When it comes to getting U.S. troops out of Iraq, Sen. John McCain was for the idea before he was against it.
Three years before the Arizona Republican argued on the campaign trail that U.S. forces could be in Iraq for 100 years in the absence of violence, he decried the very concept of a long-term troop presence.
In fact, when asked specifically if he thought the U.S. military should set up shop in Iraq along the lines of what has been established in post-WWII Germany or Japan -- something McCain has repeatedly advocated during the campaign -- the senator offered nothing short of a categorical "no."
"I would hope that we could bring them all home," he said on MSNBC. "I would hope that we would probably leave some military advisers, as we have in other countries, to help them with their training and equipment and that kind of stuff."
sorry if this isn't the best diary (or even much of one) , but I was surprised to find out this news tonite and wanted you to know it too!
this report from HuffPo
And yet, when he was asked by Matthews in 2005, if he "would you be happy with [Iraq] being the home of a U.S. garrison" like Germany, McCain again said no.
Of course, now that exact idea is being offered by McCain. EXACTLY . he argues all the time these days that we can leave tropps in Iraq in the exact manner in which we left troops in Germany and Japan (even though the situations are completely different for many reasons) .
But this is really just the latest example of how he is a completely unprincipled political opportunist . McCain has flip-flopped on gay rights , ethics reform, corporate accountability, benefits for the veterans , and the list goes on and on.
This is the line of attack on him for the fall. And it is completely fair because it is true and substantive . He is inconsistent and intellectually dishonest , not to mention cranky and out of touch.
We need a series of commercials of the 'old' McCain debating the 'new' old McCain. You wanna know what John McCain thinks about a particular issue ? Which day is it?