Showing posts with label Iraq War. Show all posts
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Tuesday, April 8, 2008

McCain's General Betray Us Trots Out Same Old Eight Track of Lies on Capital Hill

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Tuesday, April 8, 2008

General Betray Us Trots Out Same Eight Track Tape On Capital Hill

Let's be honest...what we got today on Capital Hill was MORE OF THE SAME, the same eight track tape played once again as the message remains the same. We are making progress, but it is fragile, and we need more time. We have heard General Betray Us and the Pentagon's lies over and over again, the same answers repackaged over and over again as they keep pushing the marker further down the road...this time, they want no troop withdraws through this summer....BULL SHIT, the time has come to pull the plug on Iraq.

Petraeus recommends troop pause

AP - 20 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - The U.S. general commanding the Iraq war called Tuesday for an open-ended suspension of U.S. troop withdrawals this summer, asserting that an overly rapid withdrawal would jeopardize recent security gains.

Monday, April 7, 2008

Giving McCain A Wake Up Call_It Is The Economy Stupid

With each passing day, it is obvious that John McCain has NO CLUE, nor a heart, and has led a life that has him ignorant of day to day reality in the world most Americans live in. With that in mind, the time has come to give him one, let him in on some simple reality.

Most Americans are in trouble financially, find themselves in deep financial trouble, most of it of their own making. What causes their problems?

1. The war in Iraq.
2. Jobs lost to outsourcing.
3. Lower wages and lost jobs due to illegal aliens in our job sector.
4. Robber baron interest rates being charged by credit card companies and lenders.
5. Stagnant or depressed wages while prices for everything else goes up.

The mortgage/home lose crisis. Contrary to McCain's callous comments, most homeowners could afford the loans when they got them, it is the VERIABLE RATE interest that is causing them to go into foreclosure. Now, lets look at some other issues why many homeowners are in trouble.

1. Illegal aliens have moved into communities, living 20-30 to a house, and because our Federal Government has refused to do anything about illegal aliens, the property values in those neighborhoods depreciate. Further, because of all those people living in homes means for say 6, crime goes up as well, again driving the value of our homes down...tell me Mr. McCain, how many ILLEGAL ALIENS live in the homes around you and Cindy? Sure you might use them to cut your grass, but you would not want them living next to you, but think it is FINE FOR US?

2. Adjustable rate mortage interest rates go up by double and triple, homeowner loses home, bank sells it to an absentee landlord who rents it out to MORE ILLEGALS, futher dropping the property values of other homes in the community by tens of thousands of dollars. Downward spiral continues, more illegals come in offering to work at 1/3-1/2 the rate we as tax paying citizens earn, more American jobs lost to the 15-20 million illegal aliens while our Federal Government does NOTHING.

3. Illegal aliens living 20-30 to a house start sending their kids to the local schools, schools raise property taxes to keep up with the influx, more homeowners cannot afford their homes and either abandon them or lose them to the bank, and again more illegal aliens move in, further lowering prices. A once beautiful MIDDLECLASS neighborhood is starting to look LIKE A SLUM.

4. Now, even solvent homeowners have lost their equity, find themselves in an upside down mortgage through no fault of their own, contemplate WALKING AWAY as their once beautiful community and home is now a GHETTO inhabited mostly by illegal aliens, and ridden with crime.

The Economy-it is pretty simple, the government (that would be you) have eliminated or shipped overseas good paying jobs, replacing them with ever lower paying jobs, and continuing to let more and more legal and illegal aliens steal what few jobs are left in the name of cheap wages so that Corporate Profits can increase. In the meantime, prices have gone up and up (I paid $4.65 for a half gallon of milk Sunday) throughout our economy while our wages have remained STAGNANT, or worse declined, again because our Federal Government in the name of cheap wages has allowed illegal immigration to go unchecked.

Couple all this with a wrong war that is draining our economy to the tune of trillions of dollars, marry it to billions of dollars leaving America via remittances, and it is easy to see why we have no middleclass, understand why Americans are losing their homes...YET YOU MY FRIEND want to blame the individual, want to tell us as citizens our financial plight is our own...may I deliver to you a collective FUCK YOU McCain!

You want to suggest I get RETRAINED for the new economy, accept the reality that my job was either A) shipped overseas, or B) given to an illegal who is willing to work at half of what I used to make. How do you propose I go about getting that training Mr. McCain...by going FURTHER INTO DEBT with student loans...again, FUCK YOU McCain!

Let me give you a basic economic policy there Mr. McCain:

1. Get the hell out of Iraq...stuff your ideals about duty and honor up your ass and accept the reality that A) we cannot afford the war, and B) even if we could, we don't want to afford it, and have no intentions of killing our own economy while building up Irag's. Fuck Iraqi's, fuck Iraq, fuck the Middle East, it is time to concentrate on our own country, and our people. That's right Mr. McCain, WE ARE WILLING to WALK AWAY...let Iran, or Saudi Arabia, or Jordan have Iraq, let them settle their own disputes, fight amont themselves. We got our own issues that are far more important here at home, and you need to realize that...it is pretty pathetic when Iraq has a larger border patrol than America does, and it was paid for with our TAXES!

2. End the home mortage crisis by rolling back all home mortage interest rates to their original TEASER RATE that got the people their home loans to begin with. Next, take profit and banks out of the home mortgage business by making every American eligible for a first home loan mortgage through the government at 3.5-4 percent interest, with the profit from those mortgages used to pay back the Social Security Fund and make Medicare/Medicaid solvant. No citizenship, no government mortage, and no government loans for investment properties.

3. Use the troops returned home from Iraq to A) secure our Southern Border (that means the right to use DEADLY FORCE), begin gathering up and deporting all those here ILLEGALLY, imprisoning upper management of companies employing illegal aliens. Within months of this starting, most illegal aliens would SELF DEPORT because of A) fear, and B) their inability to find employment. This in turn would see out of work Americans re-employed at LIVING WAGES.

By the way, show you have some CLASS, and call for the Boycott of the Olympics in China...or would that hurt Budweisers Beer Sales?
4. When and if all Americans wanting employeement have been returned to the work force at a LIVABLE WAGE, we can look at creating a comprehensive immigration policy that brings people into America BASED ON OUR NEEDS, rather than just on corporate profits.

5. Put in, effective immediately, a 25 percent tariff on all Chinese and Taiwanese imports into America, with similiar tariffs to all other nations that have unfair trade advantages with America...use those tariffs to begin paying down the National Debt.

6. Implement a nationwide program to rebuild our public and manufacturing infrastructure.

We don't want your war, we don't want ILLEGAL ALIENS, and we don't want your laws that infringe on our civil liberties including the Patriot Act, and laws that restrict a woman's right to choose. Here is a clue...if you and the Federal Government do not MAKE THESE CHANGES, you are going to see America fighting its own second Civil War along class lines, and trust me MR. McCain, it will make your time in Vietnam seem like a cake walk.

3 US Troops Killed, 31 Injured in McCain's 100 Year Iraq War

As protestors in France Extinquish the Olympic Torch in the name of freeing Tibet, there is breaking news on John McCain's 100 Year Iraq War front...3 US Troops were killed, and 31 more injured IN THE GREEN ZONE. So far, McCain's camp has been silent on these recent death, and the SIGNIFICANT uptick in violence as the surge begins to fail.

US soldiers killed in Green Zone

Helicopter flies over Green Zone in Baghdad (archive)
Mortars and rockets fired by insurgents frequently hit the Green Zone

Three US service personnel have been killed and 31 wounded by rocket attacks on the Green Zone and a base elsewhere in Baghdad, the US military has said.

The rocket attack at 1530 (1230 GMT) on the Green Zone, which houses government offices and foreign embassies, killed two personnel and wounded at least 17.

A separate attack at the same time on a forward operating base in the Rustamiya district killed one and injured 14.

The attacks came after fighting between US and Iraqi forces and a Shia militia.

Twenty-two people were killed and more than 50 others injured in the clashes in the capital's eastern district of Sadr City, a stronghold of the Mehdi Army.

The militia's leader, radical Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr, has called for a mass demonstration in three days' time against the US military presence.

Friday, April 4, 2008

We Are Winning in Iraq...Who Is McCain Trying To Fool

Let's stop George W. Bush, General Betrayus and John McCain from playing another eight track loop through of rhetoric on Iraq. We are winning the war, our troops will stand down when Iraq troops stand up, we need more time to train the Iraqi troops, violence is down, blah, blah, blah over and over again, the War Whores spew their rhetoric as Joe LIEberman and John McCain try to convince us that we must remain in Iraq, even if it takes 100 years.

Face it America, Iraq is a disaster, and their troops have no intention of STANDING UP so our troops can stand down. We had a chance to take out Sadr and BLEW IT, and the latest violence, the latest crack down on Mugtada al-Sadr was a complete disaster, and shows America how much of a dismal failure our training of Iraqi troops has been! Over 1000 Iraqi soldiers cut and run during the fighting, including SENIOR LINE OFFICERS...are we willing to watch America's finest mowed down in the desert sand for a much of Sand Chickens? Are we willing to give John McCain four years to continue George W. Bush's FAILED POLICY on Iraq, on the Economy?


More Than 1,000 in Iraq’s Forces Quit Basra Fight



Published: April 4, 2008



BAGHDAD — More than 1,000 Iraqi soldiers and policemen either refused to fight or simply abandoned their posts during the inconclusive assault against Shiite militias in Basra last week, a senior Iraqi government official said Thursday. Iraqi military officials said the group included dozens of officers, including at least two senior field commanders in the battle.


The desertions in the heat of a major battle cast fresh doubt on the effectiveness of the American-trained Iraqi security forces. The White House has conditioned further withdrawals of American troops on the readiness of the Iraqi military and police.


The crisis created by the desertions and other problems with the Basra operation was serious enough that Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki hastily began funneling some 10,000 recruits from local Shiite tribes into his armed forces. That move has already generated anger among Sunni tribesmen whom Mr. Maliki has been much less eager to recruit despite their cooperation with the government in its fight against Sunni insurgents and criminal gangs.


Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Flip Flopper McCain On Mogtada al-Sadr...Which is it Grandpa?

Well, evidence is mounting that McCain is a doddering old fool not fit to serve. Seems that CNN has caught him espousing two polar opposite opinions on Mogtada al-Sadr in a two week period...factor in his accessment of the Camel Dung eating brain fart of a cleric back in 2007, and it seems McCain has NO CLUE where the dart board is, let alone being capable of hitting the bullseye. See Article Here


CNN catches McCain making contradictory statements about Sadr.»


In an interview with CNN earlier today, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) claimed that he has long understood the influence of Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr:



I said he was still major player and his influence is going to have to be reduced and gradually eliminated.


But in a report on The Situation Room today, the network noted that just two weeks ago McCain — trying to paint a rosy picture of Iraq — described Sadr very differently while speaking to CNN’s John King in Baghdad:



His [Sadr’s] influence has been on the wane for a long time.


The Surge is Working? Why Highest Violence Since Last August Then?

The surge is working? Then why the sudden uptick in violence that sees the statistics for Iraqi deaths the highest they have been since last August? Could it have anything to do with the fact Mr. McCain that the military never went after Sadr, and every time he puts his militia in the mix violence GOES UP. Do you call it a success when this camel ass munching radical cleric is dictating the terms of the current cease fire, is insisting that all his militia be awarded Amnesty for their latest round of violence?

By the way Mr. McCain...you are now trying to REPACKAGE your 100 year statement, have it percieved differently. FINE, then answer America this single question. How long are you prepared to leave our troops in the desert sands and drain down our national treasures in the name of fucking Iraqi Oil? Don't talk in vague bullshit, give it to us straight you fat rat bastard...2 years, 5 years, 10 years? Spell it out you war whoring piece of Republican dung beetle shit.

As to re-introducing yourself, and telling us about your FAMILY VALUES...the values that saw you basically leaving the service because you had reached a dead end in your career because you could not keep your mouth off a bottle, and your dick in your pants. You embrace family values that saw you cheating on your first wife and the family you had at home? You embrace family values that saw you dump your first wife who stood by you while you were a prisoner of war so you could bang a new young hot piece of ass...THOSE FAMILY VALUES Mr. McCain? Do you embrace the family values that see you use your wife's family money and your power as a Senator to get her criminal charges for stealing and transporting drugs dismissed? Those family values Mr. McCain? Unlike Foley, your screwing around like a two dollar whore was/is OK because you were having heterosexual affairs?

As long as we are having a heart to heart here Mr. McCain, lets ask about your health. We do not need a doddering old fool in the White House...we already know you are a fool, the question is are you doddering as well. Show us your FULL MEDICAL REPORTS, let us see and examine for ourselves just how serious your cancer was. Bring it on Grandpa! Let's see that Straight Talk Express in Action.

Iraqi casualties at highest level since August



By Randy Fabi

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Fighting between security forces and Shi'ite militiamen last month has driven civilian deaths in Iraq to their highest level in more than six months, government figures showed on Tuesday.

Britain responded to renewed violence in the southern city of Basra by delaying plans to bring home 1,500 of its 4,000 troops in Iraq.

A total of 923 civilians were killed in March, up 31 percent from February and the deadliest month since August 2007, according to data compiled by Iraq's interior, defense and health ministries and obtained by Reuters.

The figures are a blow to the Iraqi government and the United States, which have pointed to reduced overall levels of violence in recent months as evidence that a major security offensive has made significant progress.


Friday, March 28, 2008

John McCain-Doddering Old War Whore

Found this delightful John McSame(Cain) video on YouTube. There is just a bit too much of the real world John McCain slipped in with the humor...it makes you serious wonder what a John McCain Presidency would be like. World War III anyone?

Thursday, March 27, 2008

McCain Money Goes to Politico

This in from Political Dirt Bag blog, our sister site.

Politico Scoping Up McCain Cash? Might Explain Some of the McCain Friendly Articles.

Just a quick late night question. Can Politico's site really be considered as a accurate, impartial, truthful source of information on Senator McCain and his run for the presidency when it appears said web site is making a nice little PROFIT on John McCain? According to filings by McCain with the FEC, he owes the folks at Politico just over $3300. Not sure one can or should be writing opinion pieces on a candidate that is writing you out checks...just my own thoughts on the matter, though your milage might vary. See debt owed here.

Monday, March 24, 2008

Are Bush, McCain and General Betrayus Setting Stage for War With Iran?

Two news items over on the BCC site caught my attention. One reason for this, is the lack of any real overage here in America as the Iraq war seems to have fallen off the media network radar as the wrong war drags on, and the death toll on all sides mounts. The second reason these two articles caught my eye, is it gives credence to the BUZZ that George W. Bush will invade Iran, or take some time of military action against them before the fall elections. Such a tactic would burnish Senator McCain's claim that we need a WAR TIME President in office during these troubling times...after all, if we open up a new front with Iran, Israel as our partner, we all know that "All Hell" is going to break loose.

Sure some will howl at me bringing up General Betrayus again, but what else would you call a man that refuses to tell the whole truth, seems to now be contributing to George W. Bush's beating of the war drums against Iran. Cut our loses and bring our troops home before War Hawks like McCain and Bush trash the American Economy and throw us into a second Depression.

Gen David Petraeus
Gen Petraeus said he was surprised how Sunnis turned against al-Qaeda

The most senior US general in Iraq has said he has evidence that Iran was behind Sunday's bombardment of Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone.

Gen David Petraeus told the BBC he thought Tehran had trained, equipped and funded insurgents who fired the barrage of mortars and rockets.

He said Iran was adding what he described as "lethal accelerants" to a very combustible mix.

There has as yet been no response from Iran to the accusations.

The rockets that were launched at the Green Zone yesterday, for example... were Iranian-provided, Iranian-made rockets

Gen David Petraeus
In response to the news that 4,000 US military personnel have now been killed in Iraq, he said it showed how much the mission had cost but added that Americans were realistic about it.





Dick Cheney (l) and Ehud Olmert (r), 22 March 2008
Mr Cheney (L) said both sides need to make concessions

US Vice-President Dick Cheney has said Palestinian militant group Hamas, along with Iran and Syria, is trying to torpedo the Middle East peace process.

Mr Cheney made the remarks after breakfast with Israeli PM Ehud Olmert, as he ended a tour of the Middle East.

He met Palestinian leaders on Sunday, saying both sides needed to make painful concessions to achieve peace.

A Palestinian state was long overdue, he said, but militant rocket attacks against Israel jeopardised this.

"There is evidence that Hamas is supported by Iran and Syria and they are doing everything they can to torpedo the peace process," Mr Cheney said.

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Sunday, March 23, 2008

McCain's War-4000 Dead

BREAKING NEWS...American Death Toll Hits 4000

Just in from CNN...a bomb has claimed the lives of four American soldiers, bringing the death toll in President Bush's wrong sighted Iraq War to 4,000. More details as they become available. There is a bittersweet justice in the number 4,000 being reached on Easter...this blog asks all readers to pray for those troops that are wrongfully being kept in harms way in Iraq.

McCain's Week Of Looking Presidential Big Failure

McCain's week of looking Presidential was a dismal failure from start to finish. At every step of the way he said the wrong thing, or did not go far enough. Some of his low lights include:

1. Flying into Iraq right on the Five Year Anniversary was in poor taste. Having Cheney arrive while he was there even worse.

2. His now infamous Shite/Sunni/Iran gaffe while in Jordan.

3. Holding a fund raiser at the Spencer House in London on what was supposed to be an OFFICIAL TRIP...yeah right.

4. Bringing up Tibet, but failing to call for a boycott of the Olympics in China.

5. Again defending his Bomb Bomb Iran song. But then, this is the man that calls Vietnamese Gooks. Ranks right up there with Obama defending Wright's hate speech because that is how Black people talk when we get together.

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

McCain Takes Pee Break At West Wall in Old City

OK, this post is in poor taste, but you have to admit, great title for the picture. Meanwhile, for those wanting an update on McCain's feeble attempts to look Presidential, he has arrived in London, and will start work immediately on his Friday fundraiser, taking a break tomorrow just long enough to meet with the Prime Minister so that he can bill the taxpayers for his, Lieberman and Graham's travel expenses. His campaign still has no comment on who is paying for this weeks trip by Chris McCain and the Blobettes.

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

So Much For Presidential, Lieberman Corrects McCain Gaffe

Seems that McGrandpa McCain either through an onset of senility, or just plain ignorance made a serious Gaffe today while speaking in Jordan in his I Am Presidential World Tour.

The significant misstep occurred during a news conference in Jordan earlier Tuesday, when the presumptive Republican presidential nominee McCain repeatedly said Iran was supplying al Qaeda. Iran is predominately a Shiite country would not be aiding the Sunni dominated Al-Qaeda. OOPS!

McCain corrected himself after Sen. Joe Lieberman whispered in his ear.

"I'm sorry, the Iranians are training extremists, not al Qaeda. I am sorry, I am sorry," the Arizona senator said.

Rumor has it, that exiting the stage he whispered to Lieberman, "Shite, Sunni, what's the difference, they're all terrorists to me? Question is, did Lieberman's quick thinking move him one step closer, or one step further away from McCain?

72 Civilians, 2 American Soldiers Dead As McCain Looks Presidential

Baghdad...As Bush and Cheney's overlapping visits wound down, seemed only appropriate to report the day's death tolls in the war both claim is going well, as McCain trys to look Presidential.

In a stunningly bitter attack, a female suicide bomber blew herself up, killing 43 Shiite worshippers in the holy city of Karbala on Monday, as McCain was taking advantage of a photo op with various assorted Iraq Government Officials...Cheney was resting. The attack left pools of blood on the street leading to one of Iraq's most revered mosques. McCain refused an offer to walk the streets even with a bullet proof vest and a massive security force flanking his side, even with the addition of six Black Hawks.

The suicide attack was the deadliest in a series of bloody attacks that left at least 72 Iraqi citizens dead on one day of McCain's visit, and many more injured. The deaths included six youths killed when mortar rounds slammed into a soccer field in eastern Baghdad outside the green zone.

In a bittersweet irony for the two aging War Hawks, two U.S. soldiers were killed Monday in a separate roadside bombing north of Baghdad. This brings the American military death toll close to 4,000 as the U.S. led war enters its sixth year, and McCain prepares for his Friday fund raiser in London at the Spencer House.

Monday, March 17, 2008

Grand Pa McCain Snags Irag Photo Ops

Grand Pa McCain is Making the best of his taxpayer trip to Iraq, snagging serveral photo ops with the troops...he may not want to admit, but the man is showing his age, looking older with each passing day. Maybe we should start a blog pool on which of he, Cheney, Graham and LIEberman are mostly likely to give up the ghost while on this trip. Should have given this post McGrandpa Visits the Troops.

Breaking News-Cheney Joins McCain in Iraq

Keep and Eye on Our Boy For Us.
OK...maybe a bit of a stretch, just in from the folks at Blogger News Network, seems that Cheney is making a surprise trip to Iraq with an almost IDENTIAL agenda as that of McCain, LIEberman and Graham...find myself wondering if he will join them in London for lunch?




The White House wouldn’t give any details on Cheney’s trip except to say that he was there in an effort to build political unity in the country. Does anyone else find it ironic that an administration which has thrived on political division and secrecy, now finds itself in the position of having to unify Iraq? Cheney is expected to make stops throughout Iraq. He will meet with Prime Minister al-Maliki, U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker, and General Petraeus. Crocker and Petraeus will be back in Washington, D.C. next month to deliver another status report on the war to Congress.

Read rest of story on Blogger News Network

Sunday, March 16, 2008

The Iraq Truth McCain Will Not Speak-Five Years Later

Five Years Later-Was Iraq War Worth It?

Rather ironic that two high priests of the Church of Bush chose to set foot in Iranian soil today as that nation marks five years of war, five years of American occupation.

We all support the troops, yet this weekend as America celebrates the five year anniversary of the Iraq War, the milestone is hardly mentioned in the press here in America, more attention paid to McCain touching foot in Iraq than we are seeing given to this somber anniversary. A PEW poll released earlier this week found that 40 percent of Americans were unsure, did not know how many American troops had died in the war…for those wondering, we will soon reach the 4,000 number.

Taking exception to McCain’s rosy predictions where Iraq is concerned, I point out the obvious that he does not want to discuss.

1. Iraq is in the throes of civil war, the nation suffering from great political and military strife and uncertainty.

2. Despite claims that the SURGE is working, violence is rampant in Iraq, with the death toll of Irag citizens conservatively estimated to be over 89,000.

3. Life for women in Iraq has gotten far worse since the American invasion, many women having no choice but to turn to prostitution to survive, risking death if they are caught.

4. Unemployment and poverty rates are escalating.

Contrary to the false words of George W. Bush, no weapons of Mass Destruction have been found, no ties found to exist between Saddam Hussein and Al-Quida. Senator McCain would have us believe we are winning; have us keep our troops in Iraq, if necessary for another 100 years. Setting aside politics, setting aside party platforms and doctrine, was the Invasion of Iraq worth it?

McCain Spending Our Tax Dollars Lands in Iraq

So, McCain has set foot in Iraq, is off looking presidential in Iraq compliments of our tax dollars. Serious want to know how he calls himself the Sheriff of Pork Barrel will slamming us with the tab for this trip. While we are on the subject, if you listen to McCain on the subject of Pork, he always says he never has asked for pork for his HOME STATE...OK, how come the news reporters never ask him about pork for other states?

McCain Lands in Iraq, Lieberman by His Side

Senator McCain arrived in Baghdad today with his lap dog, Senator Joseph Lieberman, on an extravagant road trip compliments of the US tax payers. He justifies the trip at our expense on the grounds he believes the Armed Services Committee needs a close up look at Iraq before Gen. David Petraeus returns to testify before Congress next month. Despite his staffs enthusiastic admission that this trip gives McCain a chance to look PRESIDENTIAL, McCain brushes aside charges that he is using American tax dollars to make a campaign trip.

Let’s say you support McCain, want to believe his trip to Bahgdad is all about Senate business. Here is the rub…the stop over in Iraq is only the first of a series of stops planned, the other stops conveniently arranged to visit some of the entourages FAVORITE spots in the world. The three senators will visit Jordan, make a stop over in Israel, then fly into Great Britain and finish their tax payer world junket by visiting France.

Meanwhile, McCain’s former drug addict wife is taking daughter Meghan and her girlfriends off on a Presidential Looking Trip of their own…no comment from the McCain staff on who is picking up the tab on that travel itenerary.