Common knowledge
On a day when Barack Obama was delivering yet another classic challenge to the broken conventions of Washington politics, Candidate McCain puts his own new spin on Iraq War fear-mongering.
Sen. John McCain, traveling in the Middle East to promote his foreign policy expertise, misidentified in remarks Tuesday which broad category of Iraqi extremists are allegedly receiving support from Iran….
McCain said it was “common knowledge and has been reported in the media that al-Qaeda is going back into Iran and receiving training and are coming back into Iraq from Iran, that’s well known. And it’s unfortunate.” A few moments later, Sen. Joseph Lieberman, standing just behind McCain, stepped forward and whispered in the presidential candidate’s ear. McCain then said: “I’m sorry, the Iranians are training extremists, not al-Qaeda.”
Foreign policy expertise. Yes, I just can’t imagine how Obama will counter that kind of experience in the general campaign. Maybe Maverick can assure us that Lieberman will be there too, when the phone rings at 3 a.m.