claim: the dnc says mccain flip-flopped on whether the iraq war would be easy.
author: democratic national committee
evidence_1: the 2008 presidential campaign of john mccain, the longtime senior u.s.  senator from .... with significant coverage during the campaign, mccain said that  he would never ... to do the hard but necessary things not the easy and needless  things. ... mccain supported the iraq war troop surge of 2007 proposed by  president ...
evidence_2: dec 7, 2015 ... if supporters of hillary clinton would answer the questions below, through a  vantage point ... sorry, the iraq war can't simply be referred to as a “mistake. ... in  addition, hillary clinton visited iraq with john mccain in 2005. .... held the same  prior positions and subsequent flip flops, would you still vote for her?
evidence_3: aug 25, 2008 ... if this list is any indication, his influence will still be felt for years to come, just not  ... john mccain has flip-flopped on a number of important issues ... mccain has  said that he would consider dick cheney for a post in his administration. ...  million dollars the united states spends in iraq every day to wage war.
evidence_4: but what if his political miscalculations actually helped create donald trump ...  mccain famously spent five-and-a-half years as a prisoner of war in north .... but  in the pages of the standard, he's been tougher, describing the flip-flopping likes  of trump ... after some consideration, french called kristol to say he would not  run.
evidence_5: aug 30, 2016 ... in recent weeks, mccain, who has said he will support trump this fall ... for his  public criticism of a family whose son was killed while serving in iraq. ... said at  the time of mccain, who was a prisoner of war in vietnam for .... by some dnc  members for hillary clinton in her primary battle against vermont sen.