Did you catch Scarborough and McCain attempting to rewrite history today?

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As the two of them jerked one another off this morning on MSNBC they were both in agreement of how McCain was one of the biggest critics of Bush's brutal occupation right from the start.

Yea, sure boys.

Don

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/18/mccain-greatest-critic

McCain: ‘I Was The Greatest Critic’ Of The Iraq War Over The Last Four Years


Yesterday on CNN, host Kiran Chetry suggested to Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) that he’s been unfairly “painted as being a huge supporter of the president’s Iraq strategy. Is that an accurate portrayal?” she asked.

McCain responded that “life isn’t fair” because, in reality, he’s been “the greatest critic of the initial four years” of war:

It’s entertaining, in that I was the greatest critic of the initial four years, three and a half years. I came back from my first trip to Iraq and said, This is going to fail. We’ve got to change the strategy to the one we’re using now. But life isn’t fair.

Watch it:

The “greatest critic” who claimed the war would “fail”? Nobody heard that from McCain when he was busy campaigning for Bush’s reelection in 2004 and praising the President’s leadership. Here’s a sampling of what the “greatest critic” of the war was telling us in the months and years after the invasion:

“But I believe, Katie, that the Iraqi people will greet us as liberators.” {NBC, 3/20/03}

“It’s clear that the end is very much in sight.” {ABC, 4/9/03}

“There’s not a history of clashes that are violent between Sunnis and Shiahs. So I think they can probably get along.” {MSNBC, 4/23/03}

“This is a mission accomplished. They know how much influence Saddam Hussein had on the Iraqi people, how much more difficult it made to get their cooperation.” {This Week, ABC, 12/14/03}

“I’m confident we’re on the right course.” {ABC News, 3/7/04}