McCain Denies He Used 'The Word Timetable,' Claims 'We Were Greeted As Liberators'

Think Progress:

During a January 30 Republican primary debate, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) pilloried former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney for having once used the word "timetable" while talking about Iraq. "Timetables was the buzzword for those that wanted to get out," scoffed McCain.

But on the heels Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's embrace of a 16-month timetable for withdrawal, McCain has been forced to change his tune. "I think it's a pretty good timetable," McCain told CNN's Wolf Blitzer on Friday.

Now, however, McCain is denying his own words. "I didn't use the word timetable," he told ABC's George Stephanopoulos in an interview airing today.

Later in the interview, McCain claimed he was right in his pre-war prediction that America would be "greeted as liberators." "We were greeted as liberators," McCain insisted. Watch it:

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Comments

[MiddleRoadLiberal]

Johnny Mac has thrown the straight talk approach out the window and has fully embraced the usual Republican sophic approach instead. Keep saying it and it will become true, right John?

[kellygrrrl]

I'm sure R0ve and Ch3n3y are very proud of MkKain today

CindyLou might even let him touch her hair

[kellygrrrl]

just let him keep talking, please!

and please get every single media outlet to report his every word!!!

[kellygrrrl]

oh, sweet jeebus! this clown is getting worse by the day

time for the August Surprise!

[MargaretO]

Just keep looking in the mirror, John, and keep repeating how smart you are, and how gosh darn it people like you, and oh yeah, the surge worked!

[NYC07]

The time has come for the public to speak up and demand that the MSM start reporting these statements by McCain with the same ferocity that they latch on every Obama statement and then proceed to beat it into the ground . The Love affair by the MSM with McCain MUST end and some fair reporting begin.

[Grannysue]

Um greeted as Liberators? Guess maybe we should take a poll of our soldiers and their families, except a good many of them that were being "greeted with IED'S" aren't around anymore, or in good enough shap to comment. This guy get's more pathetic daily!

[bola47]

we were greeted as liberators. not by the iraqi's but by exxon mobil.

[kellygrrrl]

bingo!

[Avembe]

As somebody said hre once...he'­s on the roll...don­'t you stop the guy...Keep pushing on johnny!!!!!!!!

[AnnieinOR]

now he's channeling chaynee...

[LAB10]

Lie? Gaffe? Senior moment? Losing his bearings? Does it even make a difference? McIncoherent is unfit to be president. He should be disqualified on that basis alone.

[thepoliticalcat]

(Lon)Cheney also said (many times) that the insurgents were "in their last throes." That man would lie about whether the sun rose in the morning.

[Bluejay00234]

Hmm will this be covered by the MSM? Oh that's right O didnt say it.

[naijaman]

If Obama had made these statements, the media would have been all over him. Imagine the fuss the media made over his "continue to refine my policies" comment, which was then tunred into an alleged "flip-flop". Now in the face of a clear flip flop, the same media is SILENT!

[poco767b]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mvk_NV8-L4
that sounds an awful lot like 'timetable' to me.