Hotline reports McCain has apologized for saying "lives wasted in Iraq" on Letterman last night

[flpoljunkie]

March 01, 2007

McCain's "Wasted" Words...

An apology.

“Last evening, I referred to American casualties in Iraq as wasted. I should have used the word, sacrificed, as I have in the past. No one appreciates and honors more than I do the selfless patriotism of American servicemen and women in the Iraq War. We owe them a debt we can never fully repay. And America’s leaders owe them, as well as the American people, our best judgment and honest appraisal of the progress of the war, in which they continue to sacrifice.

“As I have said many times, I believe we have made many mistakes in the prosecution of the war. With a new Commanding General and a new strategy, we are now trying to correct those mistakes, and I believe we have a realistic chance to succeed.

“That does not change the fact, however, that we have made many mistakes in the past, and we have paid a grievous price for those mistakes in the lives of the men and women who have died to protect our interests in Iraq and defend the rest of us from the even greater threat we would face if we are defeated there.”

http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2007/03/mccains_wasted.html

WASHINGTON) — Republican presidential contender John McCain, a staunch backer of the Iraq war but critic of how President Bush has waged it, said U.S. lives had been "wasted" in the four-year-old conflict. Democrats demand the Arizona senator apologize for the comment as Sen. Barack Obama did when the Democratic White House hopeful recently made the same observation.

"Americans are very frustrated, and they have every right to be," McCain said Wednesday on CBS' "Late Show With David Letterman." "We've wasted a lot of our most precious treasure, which is American lives."

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1595070,00.html

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

1. The White House Must Have Phoned Overnight nt

[rodeodance]

2. nope----he has do this at least 3-4 times over several days to meet the

standard.

[lazyriver]

3. Flip...

Flop...Should we expect anything else from Mr. Straight Talk Express?

As the primaries draw nearer, it would not surprise me at all if he actually splits into two separate beings. Neither will have a soul.

[enid602]

4. financial

Boy if Republicans are hesitant to speak of the human costs of this war, wait until they have to fully address the financial cost, especially as it reaches half a trill, and the economy continues to sputter. Half a trill here, there; it all adds up after a while.

[gratuitous]

5. That's an apology?

I don't see the words "I'm sorry" in McCain's statement, just the usual blatherchat about how he used the wrong word, a technique refined in the last six years by Little Lord Pissypants' retainers and coterie when explaining away another verbal gaffe by their master.