McCain pop quiz!

During the war in Vietnam, John McCain broke both his arms and a leg parachuting from a fighter-bomber jet into a lake in Hanoi. He was captured by the North Vietnamese and endured almost six years of captivity and torture in the infamous “Hanoi Hilton.”

True                False

McCain has been a consistent and enthusiastic supporter of President George W. Bush’s execution of the war in Iraq. McCain even called the Iraq Study Group’s modest recommendation that the United States change to a course of diplomacy and redeployment in Iraq “dispiriting.”

True                False

Before the war in Iraq began, McCain said, “I think the victory will be rapid, within about three weeks.” A few months later, he told an audience, “We’re going to be there for five or six years.” Recently, McCain said he favors an “indefinite” American occupation in Iraq.

True                False

McCain opposes Roe v. Wade (“It should be overturned”) and gets a consistent zero legislative rating from the National Abortion Rights Action League legislative ratings.

True                False

McCain once called Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell “agents of intolerance” but for his current White House run sought their endorsements.

True                False

McCain was once a critic of the Bush administration’s interrogation techniques, e.g., after viewing the infamous photos of Americans “interrogating” naked Iraqi prisoners, he appeared on CBS’ The Early Show calling for Abu Ghraib to be demolished. Last week, he voted in the Senate against banning waterboarding and other “harsh interrogation” methods.

True                False

After George W. Bush lost the New Hampshire primary to McCain in 2000, political attack dog Karl Rove directed a slanderous campaign against McCain that basically knocked him out of the race for the presidency. According to The Washington Post, the attack was a “barrage of fabrications” about McCain’s personal life and, among other things, suggested that McCain committed treason while a POW in Vietnam. McCain became a sworn enemy of Karl Rove.

True                False

Karl Rove (nicknamed “Bush’s Brain”) recently donated $2,300 (the individual contribution limit) to McCain’s campaign for the presidency. In response, McCain said this: “Nobody denies that [Rove] is one of the smartest political minds in America. I’d be glad to get his advice.”

True                 False

ANSWERS: Each statement is true.