claim: "mccain trying to have it both ways on iraq"
author: democratic national committee
evidence_1: sep 11, 2014 ... the president has also tried to have it both ways. when asked recently whether  he regretted not having troops still in iraq, obama pointed the finger at the iraqi  government, arguing it had not been his decision to end the u.s. troop presence.  “the reason that we did not have a follow-on force in iraq was ...
evidence_2: aug 21, 2008 ... after sharing his views about how events were unfolding in afghanistan, mccain  told letterman: "i think we'll do fine. the second phase — if i could just make one,  very quickly — the second phase is iraq. there is some indication, and i don't  have the conclusions, but some of this anthrax may — and i ...
evidence_3: may 18, 2008 ... these men share an obvious bond, and over the years they have more readily  crossed partisan lines than other senators, constituting, in some ways, a party ...  last year, after house democrats voted to set a timetable for withdrawal from iraq , mccain and webb — both of whom were featured heroes in a ...
evidence_4: in june 1999, mccain said "the only way to increase the yield on social security  dollars is by allowing workers to make investment decisions for themselves; by  empowering american families to invest, in most robust portfolios, a portion of  their earnings for social security that they would otherwise pay in taxes to social  ...
evidence_5: jan 18, 2017 ... he's trying to have it both ways because what he wants more than anything is a  new cold war with russia. he is furious with trump because trump has said  over and over again that he wants to have improved relations with russia.  mccain just today released his own new defense budget: five years – five ...