Senator McCain

Again reveals his complete mastery over the situation in Iraq. From the Army Times:

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain of Arizona may nothave been paying the closest of attention last week during hearings on the Bush administration’s Iraq policy.

Speaking Monday at the annual meeting of the Associated Press, McCain was asked whether he, if elected, would shift combat troops from Iraq to Afghanistan to intensify the search for al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.

“I would not do that unless Gen. [David] Petraeus said that he felt that the situation called for that,” McCain said, referring to the top U.S. commander in Iraq.

Petraeus, however, made clear last week that he has nothing to do with the decision. Testifying last week before four congressional committees, including the Senate Armed Services Committee on which McCain is the ranking Republican, Petraeus said the decision about whether troops could be shifted from Iraq to Afghanistan was not his responsibility because his portfolio is limited to the multi-national force in Iraq.

Remember my friends, John McCain is running as the candidate most knowledgeable about the GWOT (even though he frequently confuses sunni and shi'ite).

Wanna know WHY the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee might not have known that little tidbit?

McCain did not stay for the full Petraeus appearance before the armed services committee, so he might have missed that explanation.

Johm McCain, he knows foreign policy.