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McCain Shifts
26 Jul 2008 02:15 pm
By Patrick Appel
McCain changes his tune, and then semi-corrects himself:
BLITZER: So why do you think he said that 16 months is basically a pretty good timetable?
McCAIN: He said it’s a pretty good timetable based on conditions on the ground. I think it’s a pretty good timetable, as we should — or horizons for withdrawal. But they have to be based on conditions on the ground.
As Mark Murray says: "calling 16 months a "good timetable" is something McCain hasn't said before -- and probably never would have said a week ago." Obama welcomes the change in a press conference:
In terms of his comment about — that maybe 16 months sounds good — we are pleased to see that there has been some convergence around proposals that we've been making for a year and a half. The fact that John McCain now thinks that we should put more troops into Afghanistan I think is a good thing and that the Bush administration acknowledges that as well...The fact that John McCain now thinks that it's possible for us to execute a phased withdrawal — I think that's a positive thing and if the administration believes that as well, then I will, I will be fully supportive.
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