McCain Is Losing It

First he cozied up to the Religious Right last year, and now he's inventing facts in the attempt to prove that the surge in Baghdad is working. John Roberts of CNN called the Senator on it, saying,

I checked with General Petraeus' people overnight and they said he never goes out in anything less than an up armored Humvee. You also told Bill Bennett on his radio program on Monday..you said there are neighborhoods in Baghdad where you and I could walk through those neighborhood today, yet retired General Barry McCaffrey said no Iraqi government official, coalition soldier, diplomat reporter could walk the streets of Baghdad without heavily armed protection.

Ouch.

In fact, I heard on the Diane Rehm Show this morning that government officials walking between buildings in Baghdad's Green Zone are going to start wearing flack jackets.

I voted for McCain in 2000 and even considered campaigning for him. I don't know what's happened to this man who remains a true hero and a statesman. I respect him, but he's going to have to redeem himself of mistakes like this to earn back my vote.