"That's Not Too Important", says McCain

It started on Wednesday, June 10th' on NBC's "Today" show and continues to be the talk of Washington.

John McCain was asked about the timetable for bringing our troops home from Iraq. As reported by Jonathan Weisman in the Washington Post, McCain's response was:

"The issue erupted after Sen. McCain (R-AZ) said in an interview with NBC's 'Today" show that the timetable for U.S. forces to come home from Iraq is not of great concern as long as U. S. casualties in the Middle East fall to levels comparable to those in allied countries where U.S. forces have been stationed for decades without incident.

"That's not too important," McCain said, when asked byhost Matt Lauer if he could better estimate when U.S. Forces would come home. "What's important is the casualties in Iraq," he said. "Americans are in South Korea, Americans are in Japan. American troops are in Germany. That's all fine."

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