McCain-In Public "The Surge Is Working"-In Private "We may be about to lose the 2nd war in my life"

[kpete]

Woodward's latest book about the Iraq war, "The War Within," portrays McCain as offering a rosy assessment to the public about the surge's progress while privately telling U.S. officials he thought the country was on the brink of losing the war.(sound familiar?)

The book describes McCain's press conference after visiting the Shorja market in Baghdad in early April of 2007. After touring the market -- protected by more than 100 soldiers -- McCain said, "Things are getting better in Iraq, and I am pleased with the progress that has been made."

McCain was widely mocked for those statements later after television crews showed the level of protection surrounding him at the market.

But what was not known at the time was how different his private assessment of the war was.

According to Woodward, McCain was invited to visit with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice after he publicly made the positive comments at the market. "Rice had expected him to reiterate his optimism, but after some pleasantries, he let loose," Woodward writes.

"We may be about to lose the second war in my lifetime," Woodward quotes McCain as saying to Rice. Woodward writes that McCain "launched into a full-throated critique of the State Department's role" in the war effort.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/09/13/woodward_mccain_privately_pess.html

[opihimoimoi]

1. KISS keep it simple stupid...Obama gatta go simple....the Indies out there

most are not kept up with the issues

Need to reach them with phrases that touch them...food, water, etc

Most imperative is TRUSTING the GOP...why are we in love with TRUSTING THEM? Have they not fooled us Twice in the past 8 years?

Ya cannot believe them Pubs....its all BS Crap