McCain predicts troops will be out of Iraq by 2013

McCain predicts troops will be out of Iraq by 2013

WASHINGTON -- Republican John McCain, in a speech forecasting what the country would look like after his first term in office, said today that he expects the war in Iraq to be won and most troops to be home by January 2013.

The prediction marks a major departure for McCain, who railed against rival Mitt Romney shortly before the Florida primary for his remark in April 2007 that he thought President Bush and Iraqi leaders should privately discuss a timetable for withdrawing troops from Iraq. At the time, McCain suggested that the comment would embolden America's foes in Iraq. The Arizona senator leveled the same criticism at Democratic Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton, stating that their advocacy for withdrawing troops from Iraq amounted to setting a date for "surrender."

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Sen. Clinton also issued a statement noting that McCain "provided no new approach or new proposals" to explain how he would produce victory in Iraq.

"This is not the first time Sen. McCain has predicted victory in Iraq," she said. "He promises more of the same Bush policies that have weakened our military, our national security, and our standing in the world. Our country cannot afford more empty promises on Iraq."

I think it would be nice to have our troops home sooner than 2013. Hillarys statement saying that he doesn't even have a plan to bring home the troops makes you think about it more. I would like to hear his plan so I don't think he's just saying what it takes to get in the president seat.