If Liebernan had not whispered that correction into McCain's ear with all camera's on the two probably noone would have picked up on the ignorant statement.
(Although he did state the nonsense a total of three times he said it was ridiculous to say that he was not able to tell the difference between Sunnis and Shiites.
After all he has been 8 times to the region).
I do think McCain's qualifications are not as outstanding as his party wants to paint them.
He is a fairly decent guy, has gone through hell in war, but in general he is a politician with maverick inclinations that are quite often more irritating than effective.

OoooPs! (again)!!

During the hearings, McCain referred to al-queda as shites.
This time without Leiberman whispering in his ear, he managed
to correct himself.

MCCAIN: Do you still view al Qaeda in Iraq as a major threat?

PETRAEUS: It is still a major threat, though it is certainly not as major a threat as it was say 15 months ago.

MCCAIN: Certainly not an obscure sect of the Shi’ites overall?

PETREAUS: No.

MCCAIN: Or Sunnis or anybody else.

Perhaps he really wanted to leave that "e" out of "shites" .

Homer Simpson would probably make a better President thatn Senator McCain.

Sure. He has better writers.

Good Grief! If McCain claims that his strong suit is foreign policy, I hate to see what his "weaknesses" may be.(Just joking...We don;t have enough room to list his weaknesses. Maybe someone should tattoo a map of the world on his palm ?)


" 'I think it's serious. . . . It's a serious situation, but there's a lot of things we need to do. We have a lot of work to do and I'm afraid it's a very hard struggle, particularly given the situation on the Iraq/Pakistan border,' said McCain, R-Ariz., on 'Good Morning America.'

Iraq and Pakistan do not share a border. Afghanistan and Pakistan do."
ABC NEWS