When will Senator McCain finally join the ranks of those calling for Rumsfeld's resignation and replacement? I thought he sold out Sunday morning on "Meet the Press" which was guest-hosted by David Gregory. He said he supports the president but yet, thinks Rummy is doing a poor job. He stopped short of saying Rummy should be replaced. How can anyone support Bush these days is my main question. I think we will see some changes before the November elections. The Reps are running scared, as they should be. Here are some quotes from a speech McCain gave at a fundraiser Monday in Ohio.
"I think one of the biggest mistakes we made was underestimating the size of the task and the sacrifices that would be required," McCain said. "Stuff happens, mission accomplished, last throes, a few dead-enders. I'm just more familiar with those statements than anyone else because it grieves me so much that we had not told the American people how tough and difficult this task would be."
Those phrases are closely associated with top members of the Bush administration, including the president.
Bush stood below a banner proclaiming "Mission Accomplished" on May 1, 2003 after the collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime. The war has continued since then, with the death of more than 2,600 members of the U.S. military. Vice President Dick Cheney said last year that the Iraqi insurgency was "in its final throes."
The Arizona senator said that talk "has contributed enormously to the frustration that Americans feel today because they were led to believe this could be some kind of day at the beach, which many of us fully understood from the beginning would be a very, very difficult undertaking."