August 25, 2006: McCain stresses support for Iraq mission (AP)

  • “I have never intended my concern that the American people be fully informed about the conduct and consequences of the war to indicate any lessening of my support for our mission there,” McCain said in the statement.
  • “Stuff happens, mission accomplished, last throes, a few dead-enders. I’m just more familiar with those statements than anyone else because it grieves me so much that we had not told the American people how tough and difficult this task would be,” the Arizona senator said.
  • “If we can’t retain the support of the American people, we will have lost this war as soundly as if our forces were defeated on the battlefield,” he said in November. Copyright © 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.

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