McCain to Cheney: Not Quite, Dick!

McCain apparently does not quite see Mr. Cheney's great optimism about Iraq.

From CNN:

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sen. John McCain disagreed Sunday with Vice President Dick Cheney's assertion that the insurgency in Iraq is in its "last throes," and called on the Bush administration to stop telling Americans victory is around the corner.

"What I think we should do," McCain told NBC's "Meet the Press," "is wait until we achieve the successes, then celebrate them, rather than predict them. Because too often that prediction is not proven to be true."

In an interview on CNN's "Larry King Live" that aired last week, Cheney said he expected the war would end during Bush's second term, which ends in 2009.

"The level of activity that we see today from a military standpoint, I think, will clearly decline," Cheney said. "I think they're in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency." (Full story)

Asked Sunday whether he agreed with the comment, McCain replied, "No, but I do believe that there are some signs which can be viewed as hopeful."

He said the U.S.-led program to train and equip the Iraqi military has improved and that more attacks seem to be coming from foreigners.

"Bullshit," would have been a swifter and more accurate response. I'm SURE Mr. McCain is familiar with that word. He's slung his fair share over the years.