McCain Makes False Claims On Iraq Timeline (VIDEO), page 1

Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic
So whether McCain is lying or just feeble, something's fishy about this. I doubt CBS is complicit, but I could be wrong. They probably either didn't think to check or just brushed it off as McCain being confused again.
[edit on 23-7-2008 by Benevolent Heretic]

CBS might indeed be complicit in this regard. If McCain takes himself out of the race figuratively, by acting feeble and absent minded, it does nothing for the election coverage that CBS is hoping to sell advertising dollars during. The countless hours of pundits talking to here themselves speak would be for naught. A close race sells airtime, with a landslide, Americans would turn off their televisions, or at least turn the channel to something interesting.

Also, CBS has a Bush family connection*, so maintaining the status quo might be in their best interests as well. I hesitate to call it Bush's third term if McCain were to be elected, but many of the policies and strategies are the same. But more importantly for McCain, is this telling bit of dialog from the Chris Matthew's show, with a bit of commentary from CrooksandLiars:
The Chris Matthews Show: Why The White House REALLY Wants McCain To Win

The White House wants McCain to win because they know there would be no accountability for all their criminal acts with another Republican in office.

FINEMAN: If you’re in this White House, you want another Republican administration to follow. You don’t want a Democratic administration coming in there while the evidence is still fresh, so to speak. To look at it the way…

MATTHEWS: With the subpoena power…

FINEMAN: With the subpoena power and looking through all the records and looking at all the decisions that were made. You want to cover over your two terms with a third term the way Ronald Reagan did with George HW Bush.

All of which is undoubtedly true, and one can only hope that there might be a depressingly rare accountability moment coming from a Democratic White House (although nothing about the current Democratic majority would lead us to believe they have the fortitude to pursue it). But the thing that chaps my hide is the tacit admission by Fineman that the Bush administration would have stuff to hide. Not that they don’t…we’ve been saying so since the beginning of C&L, but that after years and years of having Fineman and Co. make excuses for the Bush administration and be content to regurgitate their talking points (just as Kelly O’Donnell unapologetically does in this clip), NOW Fineman admits it as if it’s been common knowledge all along.

I am of the opinion that CBS removed his wrong answer on purpose, with the intent to keep the election process greased until it gets closer to November. McCain will continue to say remarks like this, and they will get covered up the best that the Mainstream Media can until we get closer to voting. That is my slant.

DocMoreau

* George W. Bush's grandfather Prescott, was a member of CBS' Board of Directors for many years. Interesting to note that the Bush family are Republicans, but one of Prescott's closest 'friends' was a Democratic power broker. Two sides of the same coin.

Bush was on the board of directors of CBS, having been introduced to chairman William S. Paley around 1932 by his close friend and colleague William Averell Harriman, who became a major Democratic Party power-broker.