October 8, 2008
Posted: 07:30 AM ET
Sen. Obama suggested Sen. McCain was 'cheerleading the president to go into Iraq.'
 The Statement Get the facts!
The Facts On CNN's Larry King Live on Sept. 24, 2002, McCain said "I believe the success will be fairly easy." He said on CNN's Late Edition on Sept. 29, 2002 that "I believe that we can win an overwhelming victory in a very short period of time." He made the comments more than two weeks before the Senate voted 77-23 to authorize President Bush to attack Iraq if Saddam Hussein refused to give up weapons of mass destruction as required by U.N. resolutions. McCain also said, on MSNBC's Hardball on March 24, 2003, that "there's no doubt in my mind that once these people (the Saddam Hussein regime) are gone that we will be welcomed as liberators." The Verdict: True. Filed under: Fact Check • John McCain |
 
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