McCain: Rumsfeld is one of the worst defense secretaries

[Dracos]

Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Monday the war in Iraq has been mismanaged for years and former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld will be remembered as one of the worst in history.

"We are paying a very heavy price for the mismanagement -- that's the kindest word I can give you -- of Donald Rumsfeld, of this war," the Arizona senator said.

"The price is very, very heavy and I regret it enormously." McCain told an overflow crowd of more than 800 at a retirement community near Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

McCain, the ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, complained that Rumsfeld never put enough troops on the ground to succeed in Iraq.

"I think that Donald Rumsfeld will go down in history as one of the worst secretaries of defense in history," McCain said to applause.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/02/19/mccain.ap/index.html

[bullimiami]

1. it was mccain as part of the republican controlled senates job to oversee

the defense department through their budgets and war authority.

He went along with everything.

[Dracos]

2. exactly

he's trying to rewrite history I believe that when that happens the words FLIP FLOPPER come to mind.

[Loisenman]

3. and Bush?

Funny that he is only saying this now! Also the buck stops where? Why isn't he saying that Bush is the worst President ever for keeping the worse secretary of defense ever on for so long to wreck his havoc.

[Virginia Dare]

7. Good point, welcome to DU!..n/t

[bullimiami]

8. kind of hard for the 'maverick' to distance himself while going along with everything.

[speedoo]

4. Yet another flip flop.

McCain praised rummy effusively upon his "retirement".

[wishlist]

5. Shamelessly scapegoating Rumsfeld when Bush should take the blame n/t

[Virginia Dare]

6. So why did you sit by scratching your ass while...

the war was mismanaged Senator McCain? Why didn't you call for his resignation years ago? Your regret doesn't bring back the tens of thousands of people that are dead. Shame, shame on you.