No Wonder He Lost in 2008: John McCain Said Obama "Directly Responsible" for Orlando Shooting Then Backs Down

If McCain had the courage of his convictions he wouldn't have backed down and might have won in 2008!

From the Washington Post:

McCain answered the question about the gun debate by citing Obama’s culpability for the attack through his foreign policy: “Barack Obama is directly responsible for it, because when he pulled everybody out of Iraq, al-Qaeda went to Syria, became ISIS, and ISIS is what it is today thanks to Barack Obama’s failures,” McCain said.

When pressed by a reporter on the claim that Obama was “directly” responsible, McCain reiterated his point — that Obama should not have withdrawn combat troops from Iraq: “He pulled everybody out of Iraq, and I predicted at the time that ISIS would go unchecked, and there would be attacks on the United States of America,” he said. “It’s a matter of record, so he is directly responsible.”
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In a statement released Thursday afternoon after the comments were publicized, McCain said he “misspoke.”

“I did not mean to imply that the President was personally responsible,” he said. “I was referring to President Obama’s national security decisions, not the President himself.

Big mistake John. It puts YOU on the defensive and your charge, which was completely accurate, gets lost. No wonder Trump is doing so well. He would never make this mistake!