McCain Invents ‘Facts’ as he Goes Along

Arianna Huffington, HuffPost

This week brought yet more proof that John McCain's grasp of
his signature issue -- the war in Iraq -- is less than firm. "I
can look you in the eye and tell you [the surge] is succeeding," he told a
town hall crowd. "We have drawn down to pre-surge levels." Only we
haven't. There are currently 155,000 troops in Iraq; there were 130,000 before the
surge. He also announced that Mosul is
"quiet" -- even though earlier that day three suicide bombings rocked
Mosul and a
nearby town, leaving 23 dead. The day before, McCain mocked Obama for declining
to accompany him on a trip to Iraq,
saying: "We've got to show him the facts on the ground." Which facts
are those, Senator -- the ones you're making up as you go?