Host Chris Matthews pressed McCain on the issue. "You've heard the ideological argument to keep U.S. forces in the Middle East. I've heard it from the hawks. They say, keep United States military presence in the Middle East, like we have with the 7th Fleet in Asia. We have the German...the South Korean component. Do you think we could get along without it?"McCain held fast, rejecting the very policy he urges today. "I not only think we could get along without it, but I think one of our big problems has been the fact that many Iraqis resent American military presence," he responded. "And I don't pretend to know exactly Iraqi public opinion. But as soon as we can reduce our visibility as much as possible, the better I think it is going to be."
Is it just me, or does it seem like he's embraced the position that he used to decry? I seem to remember a comment about staying in Iraq for 100 years. See, I thought St. John was too mavericky to do stuff like that. My God, did he flip-flop? Surely a maverick, no, the Maverick, wouldn't pander to the neocons and switch his position. Get with it people (and by people I mean the MSM), McCain used to and for the most part still does (with the exception of Iraq) take whatever position helps him the most politically. He flipped on tax cuts, immigration, Iraq, campaign finance, you name it bitches, if it's flippable, Johnny Mav flipped. Will this get any coverage in the McCain coddling MSM? Well Olbermann will probably talk about it, but everyone else will ignore it as they always do. Yet another reason to blisteringly hate St. John and his loyal subjects in the media.
