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4/08 - McCain Said "No one has supported President Bush on Iraq more than I have."

By Big Tent Democrat

John McCain was right. No one has supported Bush more than McCain has on Iraq. TPM has a great timeline. Some of the highlights:

3/18/03, Fox, "O'Reilly Factor"

O'Reilly: "All right, Senator, if you were president, what would you have done differently in the run-up to this war?"

McCain: "Nothing."

O'Reilly: "Nothing?"

McCain: "The president has handled this, in my view, skillfully."

More . . .

6/11/03, Fox News

Neil Cavuto: ...many argue the conflict isn't over.

McCain: Well, then why was there a banner that said mission accomplished on the aircraft carrier? Look, the -- I have said a long time that reconstruction of Iraq would be a long, long, difficult process, but the conflict -- the major conflict is over, the regime change has been accomplished.

3/7/04, ABC News

"I'm confident we're on the right course. . . .

10/24/04, ABC News, "This Week"

"We've got to stay the course and I believe that's what President Bush is committed to."

6/28/05, Fox News

"And what the president did tonight is the most important thing. He laid out an articulate vision for victory in Iraq and why we need to stay the course."

12/8/05, The Hill

"Overall, I think a year from now, we will have made a fair amount of progress if we stay the course."

By Big Tent Democrat, speaking for me only

Full post as published by TalkLeft on July 25, 2008 (boomark / email).