The end of John McCain

I just completely wrote off John McCain. He was on TV claiming that the surge is working and Baghdad streets are safe to walk again. Below is a news account of his walk on a Baghdad street:


“What are they talking about?” Ali Jassim Faiyad, the owner of an electrical appliances shop in the market, said Monday. “The security procedures were abnormal!”
The delegation arrived at the market, which is called Shorja, on Sunday with more than 100 soldiers in armored Humvees — the equivalent of an entire company — and attack helicopters circled overhead, a senior American military official in Baghdad said. The soldiers redirected traffic from the area and restricted access to the Americans, witnesses said, and sharpshooters were posted on the roofs. The congressmen wore bulletproof vests throughout their hourlong visit.
“They paralyzed the market when they came,” Mr. Faiyad said during an interview in his shop on Monday. “This was only for the media.”

Of course McCain knew of all this security. He deliberately mislead us about a matter that is factually verifiable. Thank goodness the press is doing its job again. We are able to read what the truth is - and it isn't what Mr McCain told us.

You may say, "Oh well, all politicians lie." I don't agree. They will exaggerate and spin, but few will outright lie about a factual matter.

I was already disappointed with his pandering to far right and his betrayal of his principles.

Now I've just given up on him.