Sen. John McCain is a Damn Liar: He Backed Transfer of Taliban Members for US Soldier Held by Taliban — Now Says He Didn't

A bitter man who tried to inflict Sarah Palin on America by
choosing her for his running mate never got over getting
trounced by Obama in the 2008 presidential election.
(Illustration by DonkeyHotey)

By Laura Clawson
Sen. John McCain usually gets a free pass from the media, but this time he may have gone too far. The 2008 presidential loser is being called out for his egregious flip-flop from, in February, wanting the Obama administration to get Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's release from the Taliban, to his outrage now that exactly that has happened. McCain has fallen back on claiming that he did want Bergdahl released, but not by the terms of this specific deal. Too bad the facts don't back him up even a little bit. The Washington Post's Glenn Kessler concludes a fact-check of McCain's claims by awarding him an upside-down Pinocchio, and begins it with this devastating pair of McCain quotes:

“Now this idea is for an exchange of prisoners for our American fighting man. I would be inclined to support such a thing depending on a lot of the details.”

–Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), interview on CNN, Feb. 18, 2014

“We were never told that there would be an exchange of Sergeant Bergdahl for five Taliban.”

–McCain, interview on CNN, June 3, 2014

Yes, McCain said in February that his support would depend on the details, but there is no question that he knew it would involve an exchange of prisoners and even knew which prisoners were likely to be involved. In fact, he described a potential deal as involving "five really hard-core Taliban leaders."

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