John McCain issued the following statement today:
“On Monday, Senator Clinton told an audience at the Veterans of Foreign Wars that the surge of troops in Iraq was ‘working.’ Now, after taking heat from anti-war activists and her primary opponents, Senator Clinton says the surge ‘has failed’ and that we should ‘begin the immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops.’
“The fact that the New York senator can reverse her position on an issue of grave importance to our national security in a few days sends the wrong signal to our enemies in Iraq and our own troops on the ground. We must continue to support General Petraeus and the new counterinsurgency campaign to give us the best chance to succeed. Following the path to begin an ‘immediate withdrawal’ would be a grave mistake.”
A lot of conservatives who were furious with McCain over immigration are probably smiling at his jabs at Hillary on the surge now.