McCain isn't flip flopping: he didn't say that we should stay in Iraq for 100 years, he said that we should stay for 100 years if that's what it takes to defeat Islamic fundamentalism in Iraq.

Lola give me a today issue…..theres is no gas or oil, theres is no economic issues, there is no Iraq in your post….so what US are you living in oh you must be rich and irrogant or poor and insecure these are the only groups that Obama has problems with……too bad there are way more poor and insecure people that don't realize it…….only 5% of the people will have higher taxes

Stevie July 29th, 2008 10:50 am ET

McCain only got onething in his favour right now that will allow people to vote for him, even if he is wrong on every topic..HE IS WHITE.

The problem is: that there is much truth in your statement!

McCain is rocking the flip-flops today! Not only has he changed his mind on his major platform - to go to the Obama 16-month time table. He's going to raise taxes. ABC news is reporting that he's backing off of his 'no new taxes' stand. What a weak candidate!

Total flip flop

He's only even considering it now because the American people want it. He thinks by doing this he will get people's votes.

Well guess what McBush, it won't happen. And someone really needs to call him on this and his other flipflop's and lies. He's getting away with entirely to much.

But if you guy's really want him in the White House then by all mean's. Its just going to be 4 more years of the same. And we'll be in even worse shape than we are now.

Obama 08.

"A vote for McCain is a vote for the same"…old bad politics we're trying to rid ourselves of. I listened to his views on Larry King Live last night and I heard him misspeak at least three times. He was so dead set on his negative comments about Barack Obama that he lost track of even who he talking about and put his own John McCain name in there a few too many times.
It's obvious, McCaine is too old to be President. I think he's starting to really get more and more confused as time goes by.

There you go . . . Johnflip McBushflop

I guess if McCain thinks Obamba is correct then I guess McCain has become an Obama supporter. Frankly, McCain has OLD ideas and comes from the OLD school. We need NEW ideas and a NEW approach to our issues. Thing is that Obama has similar big money pulling his strings as well. There really is no choice this time. sad.

Mike and Syracuse…….save it man you and the Rethugs……Mc Cain can modifies his position daily but we all are supposed know where he stands……you need to post on the Fox news funeral home; Hannity needs a new make-up artist…….we are not listening because it is never clear where your guy stands but I will say he never stands alone too long……..he is not a leader…..he is the rethugs poster child for alzheimers

sen. obama proved one thing going to iraq and talking to the commanders on the ground. Their advice is worth nothing compared to his superior judgement and he is willing to stake a whole lot of American soldiers lives to prove it. yesterday he had all these suppose to be economic advisers on tv with him which is all for show. if that man is willing to trade lives to satisfy his ego how can he expect us to believe he will follow what economist have to say.

Mr SongBird…. ZigZag

McCain would do to anything to win this election.

Ohhh… He knows how to win "wars"……

Envy… McCain didnt see this Overseas trip turning out this way… (Obama's Team did it better)…. Cooperation with other countries is important. The rest of the World knows who is a better leader.

McCain can 'sugar-coat' all his words…. about the War, Economy (deficits)…. Obama does it better

ALL McCain has to do is watch his own clips, and he'll vote for Obama

cnn, are there any real reporters there?

Why do you treat the candidates differently.? You harp and harp on what you preceive the tiniest misstep of Sen Obama, but mcwar just continues almost every day with his lies, misspeaks, confusion and deceit. You gloss over it like it was nothing.

You play and play that commercial of Mccain for free acting as if it was true. You make no statements of the actual lies and misrepresentations in it. If you must continue to campaign for Mccain, why don't you try and make an effort to be fair and balanced or have you just thrown that out of the window?

Why is that?

flippty flopty

Obama 08

see the path to greatness

Is that called a Flip-Flop?

John from Texas……I support Mc Cains service….have you seen Forrest Gump……this is what your candidate sounds like…..war hero, stumbled on a whole bunch of money, and still a complete idiot………..I guess everything is still big in Texas including dummies and good ole boys

Both candidates just telling us what we want to hear. no change is coming folks. not by either of these bought and paid for cronies.

Wait… I thought you said setting a time table was step toward surrender and accepting defeat!! I'm sooo confused!!!

Here's an idea… let's get rid of ALL of the Republicans and see if we can clean up their mess within the next, say, 20 years!

175 days till the end of the Bush administration.

The white house listens to Obama, McCain listens to Obama, boy for a guy with supposedly no experience, everybody in power or want-a-be sure listens too and endorses his judgements!

Trolling, trolling, trolling,

Spin cycle on both sides spiraling out of control today I see.

Trolling, trolling….

Terry in Lakeland - you obviously don't have a clue what Obama's plans are other than what has been spoon fed to you by the likes of Faux News and Limbaugh.
-Obama will raise taxes- yes, on people making over $250,000 a year. How do you propose paying for the little adventure GWB has been on for the last 6 years? I find it slightly hypocritical that someone who thinks it is wrong to "talk to terrorists" has no problem mortgaging our country to the hilt with Communist China.
-He plans to take choice out of healthcare. This is just patently false. People with private insurance would be free to keep it. The millions of uninsured would be the ones getting a "choice".
-we will not drill for our own oil-again a lie. He is opposed to drillling in out coastal waters-but favors the oil companies drilling in the hundreds of thousands of square miles of land they already have available and are not using. As far as importing foreign oil goes-there is no way that can be stopped, we cannot produce enough domestically to cover our needs-and drilling new wells would not yield results for years.
-He wants to meet with terrorists-No, he is willing to meet with heads of states of countries that we consider enemies. It is called DIPLOMACY. Something that has been sorely lacking for the last 8 years.
It takes a wingnut to know one

Many of my friends are diehard Republicans/Democrats and, like with so many who write comments, I see several making a decision, taking a position … and then doing their thinking. I think that is something we all are too prone to do, that is giving in to our established biases, prejudices and emotional attachments and having a predetermined position which we then justify … rationalize. You can identify it when you see things offered like ‘Barack is a Muslim’, “Barack is inexperienced’, ‘McCain is too old’, ‘McCain has mental lapses’ and so much more nonsense and worse, some even insultingly stupid. Even the thinking that ‘he is a Republican/Democrat and therefore will be better’, when truly objective, can’t be considered trustworthy. My point is that unless the majority can break away from this stuff then the onslaught of appeals to our biases, prejudices, emotional attachments and single issues, like in 2000 & 2004, may result in our electing other than the best candidate. When we take a hard and honest look at the status of everything today we each should see that we desperately need the best individual to handle all of the problems and rationalizing just won’t give us that. We need to be truly objective and disciplined, which means conscientiously putting our own biases, prejudices, emotional attachments and stupidity aside. We each need to make our own objective discernment and not be led by irrational/emotional appeals. Just putting more effort into making a truly rational decision instead of all of the effort put into arguing about the rationalizations would guarantee better results. Hopefully this time around we can do that.

Texas Voter, and Jesse— Please define victory in Iraq

"Only difference is that Obama list is correct. He has stated he plans to drop tax cuts (Raise taxes), He plans to take choice out of health care, he refuses to stop buys oil from over seas(We will not drill for our own oil..he said it sorry you cannot fight that fact), he wants to meet with terrorists, with no conditions…he said it not me. So moan all you wait, your holy Obama has stated he plans to do EVERYTHING on that list….respond to that if you can…no wait you left wing nuts never do."
______________________________

I think you need to educate yourself with the plan he (Obama) has that is on his web site, not the bits and pieces taken out of context to suit your own agenda.

But then again, you ARE a player aren't you.

The ole spin cycle is spiraling out of control.

Clearly the Obama fans do not understand. This is not a flip flop; it has always been McCain's policy that he would withdraw when conditions on the ground allowed. Obama and his fans have always distorted the 100-year comment. There is no excuse for all the distortion. If you are for Obama, fine, just try to understand what it is you are for instead of just distorting everything McCain says and calling him names. You all sound like two-year-olds.

And about the Supreme Court, some of the best justices were appointed by Republicans (for example O'Connor).

Obama fans need to take a break and try to think logically instead of emotionally. Maybe, they would still vote for Obama but they would certainly be able to explain their choice without all the animosity, hatred, and name calling.

For those who admire McCain support of the troops and think he is not risky, go do your homework, this is the same guy who voted against support for the troops, the recent vote for additional benefits for our troops, he didn't bother to vote at all. Look behind the smiles, and giggles and check his voting record for our troops, his vote is not behind his smiles and giggles.

I know exactly where this is going he is going to say after 100 years of occupation then we will take out our troops in 16 months.

Patrick? McCain was WRONG!!!

The problem is that in IRAQ there were NO TERRORISTS!!!!

…….there were NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS!!!!…

WE WENT INTO THE WRONG COUNTRY…….

if you want to fight the terrorists then why didn’t we go full throttle and continue doing that in Afghanistan?

McCain is climbing aboard the increasingly popular OBAMA TRAIN and attempting to throw OBAMA underneath it by distorting OBAMA’s position on an Iraq withdrawl. Obama has been saying all along that he would carefully consider the conditions on the ground before making a decision about troop withdrawl … AND … I have never heard Obama give a “hard and firm date” for withdrawl from Iraq as McCain claims he has. What does he mean? Like “Tuesday, October twenty-something? Yikes! The McCain campaign is clearly desperate … and, dare I say, losing their bearings.

What ever you do people do not take McPhony's low polling for granted you must show up to vote in order for him to be a footnote in history

He don't have no darn choice Obama was right on from the beginning and they want us out of Iraq because we are not going to get any of there oil so there you go Bush and Cheney.

NO OIL

100 Years = 16 months in McCain Years. Every month is like a decade in his mind. So will Americans just stop whining?

After all of McCain's ranting and raving about Obama's lack of experience, lack of judgment, and total misunderstanding of foreign affairs, it's really quite funny watching him flipping and flopping and ending up coming to the position that Obama has held all along. You gotta love politics!

100 years and 16 months!

We welcome you coming to reality you flip flopper

Seems to me that as a Soldier in the US Army, my vote will most certainly go to OBAMA and I am a dis-served Republican. After been promise in 2000 that "it's time to bring the troops home", nothing happened we went to war on lies, not truth. Then here we are again and McCain would rather go to war, like Bush McCain is the son of military elite in this country. Like Bush who refused to serve in Vietnam, McCain got shot down and decide to stay a POW in order that he would become a respected "Hero" instead of insulting his father. Like Bush McCain is still trying to live up to the ideals of their family eliteism, however unlike Bush, John McCain does not understand the issues, he is for more war, he has PTSD, he is too old, he is sick with cancer, and what will he do for America that makes him any different than G.W. McCain has changed all his 2000 positions today in order to get on board with the RNC and the "knowledge" base of his party, the lies they tell, only this time, NO ONE IS BUYING into it. We are awakened and the truth will set us on a right course.

YES WE CAN and November 4th we will change the trajectory of this country and the World. Where is Abe Lincoln when you need him?!

OBAMA 2008

What you did not mention is that he said he did not say it. Flip Flop or liar, take you choice - he still is no good.

Has this man had an original idea? It seems he and the Bush administration are taking everything Obama says to heart. Any idea that Obama has pushed, either McCain or the Bush administration originally opposes, but then slowly comes to accept and support it. Talk about being presidential, he's a rookie senator and he's convincing the Bush administration and McCain to follow through with his plans.
lol

Rise America Rise July 29th, 2008 9:39 am ET

This is just slimey republican tactics. McCain is saying this just to make ending the war a non issue for the election. If both candidates have the same position, it wont be a differentiator for the voters. Now if McCain were elected, god forbid, he would immediately switch back to his 100 years in Iraq position, and use ground conditions as the reason.

I AGREEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!

Questions: McCain says he knows how to win wars, but
1. Didn’t we loose Vietnam?
2. Wasn’t he in a POW camp for most of that war and not commanding troops or setting military strategy?
3. What war has he personally commanded or set directions for??? Not the Gulf War, Desert Storm, Somalia, or even the current Iraq War

I honor and respect McCain's military service, but I still do not understand how him being a POW makes him a Commander in Chief. In fact, aside from that he and Barack are probably equal on Foreign affairs. McCain visited places, but still never was able to implement international approaches and support. Obama, understand the historical and current affairs of those nations, has visited them and is setting vision for international involvement on issues that will impact the world if not corrected.

Now, it amazes me how the Republicans are stealing every idea that Obama has come up with and using it. Bush is trying to implement as soon as possible to save his doomed legacy… we all know he is the worst US President and has destroyed our economy and international image.

McCain… need I say more… just look at the article.

Obama is clearly the best choice for President of the USA. Leadership must set vision and inspire people to want to achieve that goal. Obama does this with grace, intelligence and a smoothness that some people just don't understand.

McCain can only inspire a rock. Also, because of Bush's cowboy attitude Republicans believe if you are not instilling fear, a go it alone approach or division then you can not be a leader.

Sorry, Obama gets my vote regardless of his VP choice. I pray that it is someone like Sam Nunn of Georgia so that we can shut up the Republicans mouth.

Obama '08

I agree. McCain needs to not only adopt Obama's ideas, he needs to adopt Obama himself. McCain is old enough to be his dad!

Dr. It's-My-Idea-From-The-Begining.

Why is that everytime I see McCain on the campaign trail or at town hall meetings he is always the youngest guy in the crowd?

Ah excuse me Obamalism, but for you to claim "anyone who repeats the '100 years' comment proves what a moron you are and have no idea what you're talking about" have every right to repeat McCain's words. The question posed to McCain was about the length of America's presence in Iraq. McCain said "make it 100." We did not make this up, therefore, anyone has right to repeat McCain's words. McCain did not anticipate the political backlash, so he and his supporters audaciously attack those that are only repeating what McCain said. We're not morons, we're just repeating McCain's moronic words.

Watch out people - McCain is trying to perfect the old Jedi mind trick….

*waving his hand*

"I never said timetable"

Republicans: "he never said timetable"

"These aren't the droids you're looking for"

Republicans: "these aren't the droids we're looking for"

"move along"

Aboard the Obama express

Yall call McCain a flip flopper, Obama has done the same thing on different issues. McCain only stated that we might have a permanent presence over there for a hundred years like we do in Japan. And that would be only if necessary. So quit taking and twisting the truth. McCain of course will support the 16 month withdrawl call cause believe it or not he does want the troops out of there and this is a chance. However, it is also smart on his part to make sure that he consults with his military advisors and keeps them in the loop unlike Obama who does not seem to give a rats ____ about his advisors.

These blogs dominated by comments from obvious Democrats crack me up. Did you even read the article above? Here is what is in the article regarding McCain's position for those who apparently missed it. "But the presumptive Republican presidential nominee said he would only do that if military chiefs deemed the "conditions on the ground" safe enough." He has always said the conditions on the ground would ditcate any withdraw of troops.
Reading these blogs make me chuckle. It reminds me of a bunch of elementary age school kids with all the name calling and such. And it's like the old Art Linkletter show where kids say the darndest things. It's cute when you hear adolesents try to talk about adult subjects they don't yet fully understand, not so much when it is voting age adults sounding like a bunch of 5 and 6 year olds.

Glad to see that you decided Obama's ideas aren't so stupid after all!!!! Wow…what an idiot. Criticize Obama for a 16-month timetable for months and months and then say he would support a 16-month timetable and claim it as his own. There is not a more perfect example of the integrity of this man. How republicans can vote for this man is beyond me. Obviously, we are genetically different.

WIse Americans, WAKE UP! Do not vote for a 3rd term of the rashness, lack of insight and judgement of McSame! This really goes to show that McSame lacks judgement and foresight. If Obama could strategize and see this coming and stood firmly by a firm strategy in Iraq all this time and Old Slow McSame is finally coming around to it…Americans think twice if you are thinking of voting for McSame. We don't need this lack of vision anymore. Go for Obama.

And, CNN, why dont you word this story and the title differently and highlight McSame's lack of foresight. Obama campaign you need to also reword it for the american people if the MSM have been bought by McSame.

:PUMA stupids. Go ahead and laugh, you'll be crying in November.

Hillary wants it both ways–she signed the agreement that FL and MI would not count, then kicked and screamed about it when she was behind in the polls and desperately needed those delegates.

The Clinton's will never get over that their "empire" was toppled by an unknown, who had the audacity to plan well, speak from his heart, and speak from his mind. Both republicans and the Clintons are very jealous of Obama and the fact that he has been embraced.

Obama had an economic summit yesterday with some of the most gifted, intelligent economic minds in the county to hash out his policies for economic recovery while Hillary said nothing, and John McCain worked on a sunburn out in CA. Go spit in the wind somewhere else, but know this, If by some chance Obama does not win, then hillbilly will be blamed and the Clinton legacy will go down in flames. Hope you're digging your own grave next to the one you are digging for the Clintons.

Marilyn from Ohio! I totally agree with you.

What is so big about this. McCain has always said he is against unconditional timelines. If the military commanders in the field believe 16 months is possible to get most combat units out of Iraq and the conditions in Iraq support it, why not? As much as some of this blog want to make it seem like it is a huge reversal of McCain's policy, it isn't. His policy appears to be the same as before - remove combat troops from Iraq if the conditions support it and the military commanders in the field believe it is the best move.

If maccain wins this election(which looks very unlikely), he will surely appoint Obama as his deputy..

Flip flopper

McCainiac!

YOU have SURRENDERED to OBAMA's ideas!

Too little, too late.

McSame is the biggest flip flopper because he has nothing to offer.

Finally a little sense is leaking in!

But only a little–how about six months!

Hmmm..notice how Obama has an idea, and all the sudden other people have that idea? An Obama?Clinton ticket would be invincible.

McSame is going to " Cut and Run", "surrender to the Terrorists", give up before the job is done, ….. etc… That is what he has been accusing Obama of , for months and months, and of course, he flips and flops as usual….and now agrees with Obama………

You Obama-blivions are as good at twisting words as your sorry leader.

McCain is not agrreing with Obama's 16-month timetable. He maintains, as he always has, that no firm timetable should be set. Even Obama says that 16 months is just a reasonable timeframe. Even Obama says that not ALL combat troops will be withdrawn, the same as McCain has said we might keep a PRESENCE there for 100 years - same thing.

At least Obama has changed his mind about considering 'conditions on the ground'. At least there is some hope that we will not precipitously withdraw.

If you look closely, you will see Obama is now in line with the strategy as Bush is following, both in Iraq and Afghanistan.

But you Obama-blivions won't see that will you.

FLIP FLOP is all I have to say..

Hmmmmm. Think I heard this somewhere else from someone else. . . .

Do you liberals only see what you want to.

Ok , for the last time . McCain said that he would not disagree with a withdraw in less than 16 months if the situation on the ground made it possible, but if the situation on the ground dictates that it is to dangerous he dose not think it is best to do it any way. He also said I don't care if we are in Iraq for another 100 years I will not bring troops home until it is safe to do so and that will be determined by the situation on the ground

The Obama zealots response to this really show how solid a campaign John McCain is running right now. McCain COULD support a 16-month timetable ONLY if military chiefs deemed the conditions correct and he OPPOSES Obama's first timetable.

One little nugget, manufactured by a suggestively worded CNN headline, and the Obamaphiles jump on it like a pack of starving dogs. It's hilarious! Do you guys see how pathetic you are? You're reduced to ignoring the entire story, and misunderstand the meaning of "could" to bolster your rockstar candidate. Thank God it's a lot easier to post on a blog than it is to actually get away from your computer to leave the house and vote on a specific day, then I'd be worried that some of you would actually vote.

But I thought we had 100 years and that peace is born of wisdom and… something else that contradicts all that, too!

You say you COULD support 16 months? I thought your opponent had no experience but now you're considering something he said? Peace, wisdom, all that…

Whatever doubts I had about this guy's mental ability/sharpness to efficiently and effectively lead this country were confirmed and set in stone last night when I saw the interview that Larry King did with McShouldHaveStayedHomeLastNight…how feeble is this guy? How many times did he repeat his schpeal about Saddam and his WMD and the information related thereto…must be the dermatologist gave him a little relaxant of some kind before she did her biopsy and McCain's brain hadn't come out of it yet!
OBAMA '08 & '12 YES WE CAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This man has totally lost it! "deemed the conditions on the ground are safe enough." It wasn't a week ago he claimed that Obama's strategy on moving the troops home would put the Iraq and Afghanistan in dire straits! He needs a Brain Scan to confirm there isn't a problem before the election.

OK. Obama has won this one. Obama has won the Iran one too. Obama has won the Afganistan one as well. Obama has won the Ueropeans too. Let's move on to the economy. There's still serious differences there, maybe McCain will come around and face reality.

Debby if you are rich ? Then i understand……but your excuses for supporting this man get more ignorant everytime I see you post…….so much for experience if you are an experienced follower it doesn't match up to an inexperienced leader…..Obama is a leader……and the media is the most biased when it comes to Mc cain changing his position …..they never call him on it

Did any of you read the second paragraph? It says "But the presumptive Republican presidential nominee said he would only do that if military chiefs deemed the 'conditions on the ground' safe enough." Doesn't sound like a flip-flop to me.

That's a big IF. You Obamatrons crack me up! The Barack of Obama will pull troops out no matter what. Sounds like a cut and run to me!

NOBAMA
NO WAY
The only change you will get from him is what is left in your pockets after his tax policies take effect!

Born too loose, I've lived my life in vain……
He was a prisoner for 5 years, as IN JAIL, NOT YALE!

Another opportunity for McCain to show America that Obama is the one to vote for. It is extremly interesting how Bush/McCain tend to embrace Obama's idea…..and he says Obama has little experience. Very interesting.

I respect that a leader can change his or her mind. It is sign that they have one to change. Most important is to observe the decision making process. Barack Obama researches the facts of a situation, speaks to those involved and decides. I find this method much preferable to the current President whose motto seems to be: “if the facts don’t agree with your decision, get new facts”

The difference between “changing one’s mind based on a preponderance of the facts” and “flip-flopping” depends on whether or not one agrees with the new stance. Because George W Bush is wrong all the time, any change of mind is welcomed, as recently happened with the GI Bill, the home mortgage crisis, and talking to Iran.

John McCain is more complicated in that he is right about 10%-20% of the time. When he changes his mind it might be from wrong to right, as in his “new idea” for a time-table for Iraq pullout, or right to wrong. Lately however the ex-maverick has gone from being right to being far right as recently happened with the tax cuts, civil rights and immigration.

Barack Obama is burdened with being right about 80%-90% of the time. When he changes his mind he has a much greater chance of becoming wrong and will need to explain his actions clearly . Luckily for him he has an ability to explain things well.

YOU NEED MORE PEOPLE WE DONT BELIEVE YOU MCWAR

Sen. McCain is the biggest flip-flopper ever! "Old man yells at cloud!"

KEEP FOLLOWING OBAMA!

Right to the Whitehouse buddy!

Wow..none of the other News Agencies or blogs have picked this up…
Finally, McCain agrees with Obama.. McCain being the Foreign Policy guru is a bunch of croc fed to us by the MSM… McCain only knows pudding & applesauce! History v. Pre-Historic…

Obama is the future.Period!

Yeah, that's what he says now………or at least until he has another new position, at which time he'll claim this position was another "senior moment." McCain is too stiff and too scripted.

If anyone watched the Senator on CNN last night, he was emphatic using the term "conditions on the ground". That means he would support a troop pull out next month, 16 months from now, or a hundred years. It all depends on the military commanders on the ground. He hasn't changed his stance or is in agreement with the " Chicago Messiah". Obama says he wants the troops out in 16 months no matter what the military says. A little different, don't you think? Thank God Senator McCain is in this race against the witless wonder from the Southside of Chicago. America has a chance.

It's official: John McCain has now joined LBJ, Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush as the most consistent liars and flip-floppers in our country's political history. The "straight talk express" has all but driven off the road into the ditch, and McCain's anti-Obama ads are so full of lies and distortion they would do Karl Rove proud! McCAIN = BUSH 3.
OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT!!!

so,now mccain is flipping to exactly the same plan as obama's?mccain would never begin a pull-out from iraq.it will never be safe enough ,'on the ground',in his opinion.he will keep troops there ,indefinitely,constantly claiming conditions arent right,yet,so he can keep our troops there ,long enough,to begin his next war with iran.

For those who care to listen to what both Obama and McCain said, McCain says 16 months or one month or whatever is OK IF THE MILITARY COMMANDERS SAY THE CONDITIONS ON THE GROUND ARE SAFE ENOUGH. Obama favors a more set 16 month time table, but allows for some flexibilty based on the conditions on the ground. Both have moved a bit. But McCain has always said any withdrawl has to be based on the conditions on the ground. I see no flipflop. Just knee jerk Dems who do not really listen. Something they constantly complain Bush does not do.
More proof on Dems not really listening is the McCain 100 years war in Iraq thing. What he said is its OK with him to have a 100 years military presence in Iraq. Not 100 years of war. He said a presence like we have in Germany (the troops that Obama did not want to visit) and Korea and other places. What he said was that the American people object to a military presence with US troop casualties, but that in Germany and Korea, no one is objecting to those troops over seas. The Dems that keep talking about 100 years of war idiots or just not telling the truth or both.
And to all the Dems who want the troops to come home, you do realize that Obama is not going to bring them home, he is going to send them to Afghanistan to get killed there instead.
But don't worry, McCain is showing a lead in the two most recent polls. USA Today/Gallop 7/25 - 7/27 has McCain up +4 and Rasmussen Tracking 7/26 - 7/28 has Obama up by just +1.

and obama is a flip flopper?

this idiot said a month ago that timetables and plans were unimportant, and we should be prephared for the long haul. now he realizes he's against the majority's opinion and flips.

lol maccain.

69 flips and counting……..

Now why are you decision changes called "reacting to circumstance changes" and Obamas called "flip flops"?

Pot, once again, I introduce kettle.

Senator J. Mccain just want to be pesident! no matter how long it take to quit Iraq. 100 years or 16 months he don't care.

He can't even remember what he saids from days to days! He needs the title of president …that 's all.

Pandoring…

You can't say one thing and give it all of your support, and then SAY something else which you don't believe in… That's called pandoring. You will not get my vote Mr. McCain, and you had better stop lying about Mr. Obama's policies to the general public. I don't want a man who lies to the country to rule it.

That's McCain problem he's going to let a Genral determine the war policies. Obama said after taking in everything i.e. the cost, and other urgent national security matters then he will make the final call that's leadership. You can't delegate National security.

cnn is the new fox news

why wont they report on john mcsame voting record for vets.

This just in…..

McFlipFlop is at it again! After repeatedly saying that he would not raise taxes, McCain now says he will raise the payroll taxes if needed!

This is HUGE because the repubs always try to scare voters by saying that the Democrats are going to raise your taxes.

Come on, CNN! You need to cover this! No more free rides for McCain!

RJ,CA
Hillary wanted "immediate" withdrawal within one month but you quoted wrong something Obama never said!

Wow… Talk about flip floping

Did you Obamies even read the article? You're responding to something that wasn't said. I was hoping Obamies would be sort of literate but I'm now having doubts.

Hear me now and believe me in a week! With Obama's numbers slipping in the polls after such large scale press support for his world tour….the media is in an all out rage! You will begin to see lopsided attacks and shameful bias reporting of Mccain in the next few weeks. Mccain needs to brace himself for this because the next few weeks will be very bumpy!

The media has mandated themselves as the people who will decide the country's next president. They will not allow voters to stand in the way of this agenda. Voters reactions to their biggest and grandest scheme to propell Obama to the top after the world tour has created much rage among the media loving networks. Mccain will pay for this in the weeks to come. Just watch and you'll see what I mean. Brace yourself senator Mccain…there's media turbulence ahead! your saving grace, however, is your call to have faith in the voters and as long as you stick by the voters, they'll shelter you from this media storm.

Unbelievable!
It is impossible to understand McCain's platform when it changes daily.
Obama 08 for truth in government

He didn't say we WOULD be in Iraq 100 yrs. He was using it as an example like we have been in Korea and Germany and still in Japan. It isn't written in stone. Like he has said it depends on what is happening on the ground and if the Iraqi people get their act together and decide to run their own country and be able to fight off not only the terrorists but Iran or Turkey or any of the other countries that would like to get hold of Iraq.
Stop and think people before you keep listening to all this spin and nit picking every word. Listen for yourselves. Stop being led around like a band of sheep.
Wonder if they will post this.
NOBAMA in grannys camp.

McShame is finally right just bring the troops home, he is too old he can't think straight therefore he has to steal other people ideas.

BO 08

The republican analyst are counting on the Youth not showing up this year, they're mockingly declaring OBAMAs youth power as not important. They have a point b/c I didn't vote the last election, and that was my 1st chance to vote for president. But this year, when it matters the most , LETS PROVE THEM WRONG. Lets get OUT THERE and let our voices be heard. This election is about US, not about the seniors in their 60s who are retired or about to. There's no telling of how worse the economy will be if we let the seniors elect another BUSH. They are less likely to feel the effects of another bush for 8 years than we are. I respect them but MANY OF THEM are less tolerant and too stuck in their ways to vote for a candidate that don't look like them. We, the youth are the Future. We are more tolerant and have met and worked with people from all works of life. So please, get out and vote like you did in the primaries. This is our OUR FUTURE , THIS IS OUR MOMENT, THIS IS OUR TIME, GO REGISTER NOW and LET YOUR VOICES BE HEARD!!!!
BTW: my family is traditionally republican, and my grandparents are voting for McCain, But I realize this is more important to me than them.

RJ, CA

. . . . ummm….BITTER MUCH?

Pander Pander-Panderbear McShame!

This senile old liar can't figure out what to say. He wants to be on both sides of the biggest foreign affairs issue of our times.

And when it comes to domestic affairs, he wants to refer all questions to his economic adviser, whoever that is today.

The problem with electing McCain is that he isn't an empty suit like Romney. He's an empty head like Bush. The same crowd of thieves and liars would be in charge because we would (once again) have a president whose "not all there."

Scott, Phoenix July 29th, 2008 9:56 am ET

Other than his mouth,, can you Obama fans name one thing he has ever run?

Hey Scotty, Well one thing for sure is that he is running a really BRILLIANT Campaign if your if your level of cluelessness is any indication of what is happening in the McSame Camp.
Obama '08

Many here tell that McCain is a flip flopper but I notice McCain is a follower of Barack Obama in every policy initiatives. Anyway it is good for America and to the world peace.

Why cannot McCain become the VP to Obama? hahahaha

Where's TEXAS TRAIL DOG'S comment?

Can't wait to read his moronic response to this.
All other McLame supporters posts aren't stupid enough.

And CNN moderator, you can censor this as well.
Atleast YOU will have read my post HAHAHAHAHAHHAH!

OBAMA 2008/2012

I can't imagine why he's changed his mind. Maybe it's that 60%+ Americans think the troops need to come home ASAP. Maybe it's that the Iraqi government supports Obama's timetable. Maybe it's that he and his campaign staff are realizing you just can't win with a 100-year strategy in Iraq. Whatever the reason, the guy is redefining Flip-Flopper.

hand this man another oar hes he seems to be having a senor moment. maybe him an hillary could get together then they atleast have 2 oars. and go whinning off into the sunset.

McCain's plan to stay in Iraq forever and have permanent bases in Iraq like what we have in Japan and Germany is a losing argument. After telling us that Obama just doesnt get it he now adopts Obama's withdrawal plan. A plan Obama has touted for several years now. McCain said 50 to 100 years, to victory and withdrawl by 2013 to it doesnt matter when they come home so long as we dont have casualties…and finally…16 months sounds fine. Now Obama has ALWAYS said as careful getting out as we were careless getting in. So its not a hard and fast 16 months. Adjustments will need to be made as we withdrawl. McCain is trying to recharacterize Obamas plan as being a 16 month pull out no matter what happens.

McCain you are a liar just like Bush. I hope to you lose.

July 29th, 2008 11:26 am ET
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The look on his face when he told that reporter he would not take her question, and turned to someone else was scary.

Here is a man who couldn't do the basic things he wanted to do for 5 years. Now the American people are about to give him the most powerful job in the world, where he has his finger on the button. That's even more ridiculous than voting for the "decider", George Bush, which happens to be THE WORST PRESIDENT IN MODERN HISTORY.

I think McCain and his Double-Talk Express should have pulled a Dubya and stuck by his guns with his '100 years in Iraq'. Such strategy has worked out fine for Dubya, why not McCain too? Why would McCain want to 'Cut & Run' in 16 months?

Republicans… something is obviously wrong with your Presidential Candidate!!! Oh wait… he's old and forgetful!!

The look on his face when he told that reporter he would not take her question, and turned to someone else was scary.

Here is a man who couldn't do the basic things he wanted to do for 5 years. Now the American people are about to give him the most powerful job in the world, where he has his finger on the button. That's even more ridiculous than voting for the "decider", George Bush, which happens to be

McCain is following Obama's ideas. Does America want a leader or another round of 'Cheney, you are the smart one what do I do?'
I am voting for the smart real Straight Talking Leader-Barack Obama!

The flip-flopper is now saying what Obama has been saying for a long time. Who has the better judgement?

seems as though mccain has REFINED his position… what a hypocrite

by the way, nice shot of his melanoma, CNN

FINALLY, CNN DECIDED TO POST MCCAINS 16 MONTH TIMETABLE. THATS HOW THE MEDIA TAKES CARE OF MCCAIN. MCCAIN SAID THAT A 16 MONTH TIMETABLE WAS A PRETTY GOOD IDEA ACCORDING TO CONDITIONS ON THE GROUND DURING A INTERVIEW WITH WOLF BLITZER LAST FRIDAY. CNN IS JUST PUTTING THIS ON THE WEBSITE FRONT PAGE AS IF THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME MCCAIN MADE THIS FLIP FLOP. IF IT HAD BEEN OBAMA IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE WEBSITE AND TALK ON EVERY CNN SHOW BUT SINCE ITS MCCAIN HIS FLIP FLOPS OR CONTROVERSIAL STATEMENTS GET SWEPT UNDER THE CARPET UNTIL HE MAKES SO MANY ITS IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE. MY QUESTION TO CNN IS, WHY WASN'T MCCAINS FIRST STATEMENT OF 16 MONTHS A PRETTY GOOD TIME TABLE DURING THE WOLF BLITZER INTERVIEW REPORTED ON EVERY TALK SHOW OR ON THE FRONT PAGE OF YOUR WEBSITE LIKE OBAMA'S STORIES ARE?

I can't wait 'till school starts again so all of the juvenile Obama posters will be back in Junior High.

Who is the real flip flop here????
Obama did not know and did know Rezko,
Obama did not hear and has heard Rev Wright’s hate speeches for 20 years
Obama support and against NAFTA
Obama support public financing and will not support it.
The line will go on and one need to say more????

This doddering old fart will never bring change to America. He seriously needs to go and take care of his health…seriously.

PEOPLE –UM DO YOU REALIZE THAT 45 MILLION AMERICANS DO NOT HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE RIGHT NOW AND MANY OF THESE ARE SELF EMPLOYED PEOPLE , TRUCK DRIVERS, HOME HELATH TECHINCIANS AND THE LIKE, OBAMA'S PLAN TO REDUCS COSTS AND THE LIKE COULD ROLL THIS NUMBER DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY–PLS NOTE MCCAIN WIL CHANGE NOTHING AND THE CURRENT STATUS QUO OF FEND FOR YOURSELF WHILE WE BAIL OUT CORPORATE AMERICA WILL BE THE SAME. AS FAR AS ENERGY, I BELEIVE WE NEED A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ACTION ASAP, WE MUST INVEST IN AND BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ALTERNATIVE ENERGY, THROUGHOUT HISTORY OUR GOVERNMENT HAS LED THE WAY TO INNOVATION VIA THE TAX SYSTEM AND OTHER INCENTIVES. SO YES TAXES MY GO UP GENERALLY, BUT THAT IS A SMALL PRICE TO PAY FOR US TO SET IN MOTION THE NEEDED CHANGES SO THAT WE/AMERICANS DO NTO HAVE TO EVER PAY 10 -30 DOLLARS A GALLON FOR GAS, AT THE RATE WE ARE GOING, WITHOUT CHANGE, WE COULD EASILY HIT THAT MARK IN 10 TO 15YEARS MORE OF WAR…..
THINK ABOUT IT……..THIS INNOVATION WILL ALSO CREATE JOBS SILLY

One word for this:

COWARD!

If I were permitted a second word, it would be:

LIAR!

McCain admit you were wrong on your vote for this war …Your vote counted…No vote for war no withdrawal needed. When will McCain admit he used poor judgment? He states he made his decision based on the information provided at the time ….Who would have some of the best first hand information to decide with, YES the committee he sit on, he's ranking member of the Armed Services committee.

McCain should thank Sen. Obama for his leadership that has lead McCain and bush to start to see there war in a different light..

NO VOTE FOR the Iraq war no discussion…. Poor judgment military
vet. or not…..

hahaha John please give up! you are not going to win. this is getting better and better…

Obama 08

"Conditions on the ground." "Conditions on the ground." I'm tired of hearing this robotic response from McCain.
Obama has said the SAME THING all along. He never said he would just yank all the troops out all at once. But that's McCain and his lies. McCain is entitled to change his mind and see the wisdom of Obama's framework for the 16-month timetable. Changing one's mind, when it's for the good of the country, isn't a bad thing. The old man is finally learning something. But McCain continues to need all the tutoring he can get, especially on things like when the "surge" actually began, who's Sunni, who's Shia, where Middle Eastern borders are, what the Internet is, how to turn on a computer….
McCain is NOT experienced enough to be president of the United States.

LOL, he's the Charlie Brown of this election. He couldn't call a baseball game, let alone a war. His horizon is rising fast–send him back to the Senate or a convalescent home, your choice.

I really think McCain forgot what he said about the war.
I really think McCain forgot he said we could be there for 100 years.
I really think McCain forgot what he had for dinner last night.

That's exactly Obama's stance to a T.

Rob : "Obama now OWNS the foreign policy argument."

Oh really? Spoken like a true American (i.e., someone who can probably locate about 12 foreign countries on the map).

COMICAL.

LOL…it's a 16 month HORIZON. He's certainly learned a lot from his favorite friend George Bush. Don't call it a time table, call it a HORIZON.

Horizon this McCain–you will not win in November. That's my time…oh excuse me horizon to send you back to the Senate.

Obama 08

Onlt idiots would call him a flip-flopper on this issue…

He really is just holding his ground, while maintaining a larege cushion between his own strategy and the screams of Democrats that want out of Iraq immediately. This buffer will come in handy when the real debates begin because the advice from generals on the ground bring credibility to his argument.

My comment likes to await moderation…
Geez, everyone, we know McCain is a flip flopper…so is every candidate–yes, even Obama.
It comes down to who's ideals do you want running the country. Both McCain and Obama are essentially now campaigning on a pullout of Iraq in 16months, but both have supported FISA and other restrictions to personal liberty and our freedoms.

I'm voting for neither. Bob Barr is campaigning on pulling out of Iraq AND other places (ya know, we're still in Bosnia, Kosovo, Germany, Japan…). Also he's campaigning on a return to individual responsibility, less government, less federal spending and tax reform. He has worked closely with the NRA and ACLU (talk about bridging gaps!)

Too bad the other candidates have not really wanted to talk freedom and reducing government.

Barr '08 !!

FLIP. . . . FLOP

Obama '08 cause it was his idea first!!!

McCain can do anything we want, because he's bought and paid for. So if we want the troops to come out in 10 months, he would say yes. He literally kisses George W. Bush, that says everything.

This man is not a good choice. He actually told a reporter he had nothing to say to her and picked someone else. Do you want a nuthead Nazi like that? I don't think so.

Obama 08 My choice and my next POTUS.

Isn't this ironic. Wasn't McCain deriding Obama a couple of months ago for suggesting that a phased withdrawal would take approximately 16 months?

It is nice to see that even his challenger acknowledges the wisdom of Obama's positions (whether he wants to admit it or not).

Obama 08

Those of you that still support McCain after this huge flip-flop must ask yourself why????
1: You hate Obama because he is black.
2: You hate Obama because he has run a perfect campaign and beat out the Clintons.
3: You hate progress and don't trust a negro to run the country, a old cancer patient is ten times better than that.
4: You think Obama is arrogant; however anybody that thinks they can run the USA must be arrogant.

Hey, Caroline
Get over it. Not everyone thinks Obama was born in the manger.

No one has flip flopped and lied to the American people as much
as Obama.

Talk about flip flop, whats wrong, see the writing on the wall.

His problem is he has no strategy, no goal, no end zone. Conditions on the ground will change and the target will change just like under W to suit the neocon agenda. Do not elect this war hawk.

More and more I loose respect for McCain. I'd like to think it's because of anything other than me being an Obama supporter. But I feel like if I hear him say the word surge again I'll go nuts. I think If i had a quarter for every time he used that word, I'd have a BMX X6 in my driveway. He said at one time that he wants to run a respectful campaign and so far he just beats Obama up ever single day. The surge worked. LOL. Please, we still have suicide bombers killing hundreds of people. There are things that happened prior to the Surge that worked but he still makes it seem like it was part of the surge. A time table will give us and the Iraq people a goal to work for. It is possible.

now he is ready to LOOSE the war…..

in order to still some of Obama's vote…and WIN AN ELECTION…

that man is either very dishonnest, totally insane, or just senile…

FLIP FLOPPER FOR VOTES!

Isn't it about time - McCain STOPS saying it is the GENERALS who should decide WHEN we should leave - is IT NOT the Iragi governemnt/people who SHOULD decide!

Hello Obama people. I bet 99% of you commented before you listened to the interview. Just like 99% of you just listen to Obama's speeches and don't look at his record. McCain is not flip-flopping here. I'm not the biggest fan of McCain, but I have to back him up here. McCain never said that we should be in Iraq for 100 years, and he never said 16 months. He said that when the conditions on the ground are safe, and Iraq is secure enough for us to withdraw and hand command over to the Iraqi military, then we will do that. He'll support withdrawing if those conditions on the ground are right after 16 months if that's the time that conditions are right.

Sen. Obama on the other hand says 16 months, no matter what the conditions are. In other words, Obama is playing this like a baseball game, and McCain is playing smart. Obama is saying that after 9 innings, the game is over. McCain is saying that if, after 9 innings, we're winning, then we can end the game…….there's a difference……….it's been the difference between the candidates all along.

McCain hasn't had an original thought of his own this entire election cycle. When the country was in a hawk mode McCain revealed his intent to continue this war for 100 years. Now the country is seeing the merit in Obama's 16-month timetable after analysis of current information and discussion with the professionals and McCain starts to mooch away from his hawk stance. He is no leader, just another follower.

He will just redefine timetable and claim that it is his idea

R U Kidding me? Let's see, on Friday, 16-month timetable is good, on Saturday, "I never said timetable." NOW, all of a sudden the timetable is good again. I have to say that this is fastest and most times he has flip flopped on one issue I have ever seen.

To Debbie,

to corect you, he said within 60 days he would start and have it done in 16 months, please know thier policies before commenting, you spinning that comment more than the media and the campaigns do.

That's it John. Follow Obama's plan.

let's see, vote for the lesser of two evils: Obama, McCain,
or the better of 3: Barr.

Barr!

WHAT???????????????????????????????

This is a blatant reversal of everything McCain stands for. What happened to the "100 years in Iraq"? What happened to supporting our troops? WHAT HAPPENED TO VICTORY?

It is now clear to me that this man, in the fog of old age will say and do anything to get elected.

That's my man! That's the Republican way! GO MCCAIN GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Poor Mccain. The worst is the ad he is currently running in Nevada, blaming Obama for the rise in gas prices because he won't support offshore drilling… as if Obama alone has the power to keep new offshore drilling from happening. How stupid does the Mccain camp think we are?? I am an independant voter that normally leans republican, but not this year…… Mccain is out of touch and out of time.

so who really has the ideas and innovative plans DEFINITELY NOT mCCAIN MCSAME…HE ONLY WANTS MORE OF THE SAME PAIN FOR AMERICA. REMEMBER HE DOESN'T FEEL THE PRICE OF GAS OR GROCERIES….AS A SIDE NOTE TELL ME HOW WE CURRENTLY HAVE A TEXAS OIL MAN AS PRESIDENT BUT ARE STILL EXPERIENCING THE HIGHEST FUEL INCREASE AND COSTS IN DECADES……DOES THIS NOT MAKE SENSE TO ANYONE ELSE EXCEPT PROFIT MONGERS………

Scott, Phoenix July 29th, 2008 9:56 am ET

Other than his mouth,, can you Obama fans name one thing he has ever run?

Besides his plane into the ground, can you McCain fans name one thing he has ever run?

Mr. Waffler strikes again. Does this man have any opinions of his own?

McCain can't even remember who the players are in Iraq; Sunni's, Shia and Kurds. He's voted against every bill to help our brave injured, troops, and supported Phil Gram's single handed ability to keep the Enron loophole open for mortgage companies that got us into this mortgage crisis and the list goes on. McSame. does not appear to have an original thought for years, so now he's stealing Obama's plan for withdrawal in Iraq. McSame's voting record alone shows that he is a Bush follower, not a leader. McSame whines and complains about everything that doesn't go his way and has a legendary temper. Just the guy we want as President….. ugh.

MCSame also promised he wouldn't run a negative campaign. Could have fooled us but you haven't.

Time to retire to one of your 8, or is it 9 homes, Senator McSame.

Obama never said he would not listen to the commanders on ground. Get you facts straight. He said he wants a timetable and will consider the conditions on the grounds as well!!

This plan sounds familiar.

The only person that no one really knows here is Obama. He filp flops all over the place and is a real Chameleon, has been since the start of this campaign. Buyer "beware"!!

ok a new name for McCain, Mc I am not sure what to do, ummm Mc what sounds good, ummm Mc Lets do what the opponent wants, oh my gosh I can't imagine a president that can't make up his mind on what he wants to do, at least Bush followed through with his first thought (even tough the were not the right thoughts). I think its an insult to G.W. to compare him to McCain.

This country will be in deeper chaos that it is in now. Can you all imagine he set a policy and in the right of the middle of it he changes it. i thought women changed thier mind a lot but thats thier perogative…McCain give us a break and when you pick you running mate make sure you are sure.

John McCain has once again surely proven he is experinced in one thng and that is flip flopping and he does it more than a fish out of water.

Obama08/12

I pray America will redeam itself from being stupis by NOT electing McCain. Obabma is what Amercia should be all about……….proud, focused and with vision. For now McCain's dream is ti find his way to the white house @ any cost. America,wake up! This is your time….this is your moment……this is your chance.

I wish I could vote!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here we go AGAIN, OBAMA was right from DAY 1 and now MCSHAME is folowing yet another OBAMA lead…what a hypocrit this man is.
*Again, did anyone see MCSHAME lose his teeth last Thursday?*******
BARACK THE VOTE !!!

Nice to see that Candidate McCain is finally following Candidate Obama's lead.

Guess McCain realized that sixteen months is a heck of a lot better than 100 years.

Now we'll see if he flip-flops back later in the week.

TO JOHNBOY:

Your response makes no sense! Obama said 16 months before he went overseas and he is saying it now. Even Iraq agrees. Now McCain wants to follow suit? Big difference between 100 years and 16 months! Talk about a flip-flop!

So He is endorsing Obama after all!!!
Cant beat 'em join 'em. Sneakly.
Wooo Hooo!

Sans some disagreement over the term "surge" and who was involved in it and when, why it is that everything Senator Obama has stated about our need to have a new direction on foreign policy as been right on target, yet every conservative and many news organizations seem to overlook this?

Both candidates have foreign policy experience/judgment but clearly Senator Obama's description of events more closely mirrors the direction we are now beginning to follow. Senator McCain is too black & white with that for us or against mentality that has never worked.

its simple, really. 16 months to develop a strategy to go directly from Iraq into Iran.

FOUR MORE WARS!

Now he is going to surge the troops out in 16-month. Wow.

McCain Supporters,

Put pressure on John McCain to rename his campaign bus & plane…
….. FLIP-FLOP EXPRESS ………….

By keeping “straight talk express” on his bus & plane, McCain is insulting the intelligence of every American. Even a dummy, can easily tell McCain is the king of Flip-Floppers.

Here are a few of his flip-flops;

1. McCain supported the drilling moratorium; now he’s against it.

2. McCain strongly opposes a windfall-tax on oil company profits. Three weeks earlier, he was perfectly comfortable with the idea.

3. McCain thought Bush’s warrantless-wiretap program circumvented the law; now he believes the opposite.

4. McCain defended “privatizing” Social Security. Now he says he’s against privatization (though he actually still supports it.)

5. McCain wanted to change the Republican Party platform to protect abortion rights in cases of rape and incest. Now he doesn’t.

6. McCain thought the estate tax was perfectly fair. Now he believes the opposite.

7. McCain pledged in Fe