{"id":2398,"date":"2008-02-22T05:15:06","date_gmt":"2008-02-22T11:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/election\/mccain-has-rewritten-that-history-a-couple-of-times-lately\/"},"modified":"2008-02-22T10:28:32","modified_gmt":"2008-02-22T16:28:32","slug":"mccain-has-rewritten-that-history-a-couple-of-times-lately","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/election\/mccain-has-rewritten-that-history-a-couple-of-times-lately\/","title":{"rendered":"McCain has rewritten that history a couple of times lately"},"content":{"rendered":"

McCain’s Rewrite of His Anti-Rumsfeld Script | The Trail | washingtonpost.com<\/a> By Peter Baker<\/em><\/p>\n

\nAs he gets closer to the Republican nomination, John McCain has been
\ntrying to balance his unqualified support for the Iraq war by reminding
\naudiences that he was also a tough critic of the way it was managed
\nuntil President Bush finally changed strategies a year ago. In recent
\nweeks, McCain has gone so far as to tell audiences that he was “the
\nonly one” who called for then-Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld’s
\nresignation.<\/p>\n

The only trick is he never did, at least not publicly. The senator
\nfrom Arizona was a tough critic of Rumsfeld and more than once declared
\nthat he had no confidence in the Pentagon chief in the two years before
\nBush finally dumped him in November 2006. But even as he was
\ncriticizing Rumsfeld, McCain typically stopped short of calling for the
\ndefense secretary to step down on the grounds that it was up to the
\npresident to decide who served in his
\nCabinet.<\/p>\n

McCain has rewritten that history a couple of times lately<\/span>. While
\ncampaigning in Fort Myers, Fla., on Jan. 26, he told a crowd: “In the
\nconflict that we’re in, I’m the only one that said we have to abandon
\nthe Rumsfeld strategy — and Rumsfeld — and adopt a new strategy.”
\nFour days later during a debate<\/a>
\nat the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., aired
\non CNN, McCain said, “I’m the only one that said that Rumsfeld had to
\ngo.”<\/p>\n

A McCain spokesman acknowledged yesterday that was not correct. “He
\ndid not call for his resignation,” said the campaign’s Brian Rogers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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