claim: three years ago, john mccain said, "afghanistan — we don't read about it anymore in papers because it succeeded."
author: joe biden
evidence_1: aug 28, 2008 ... "we don't have to accept a situation we cannot bear; we have the power to  change it" .... of john mccain, when he said only three years ago, "afghanistan,  we don't read about it anymore in papers because it succeeded"?
evidence_2: aug 28, 2008 ... barack obama: the change is brought about because ordinary people do ...  trust the judgment of john mccain when he said only three years ago, “ afghanistan — we don't read about it anymore in the papers, because it's  succeeded”? or should you believe barack obama, who said a year ago we  need ...
evidence_3: u.s. senator john mccain (r-az), a member of the u.s. congress since 1983, a  two-time u.s. .... in january 2008, mccain said "people talk about a stimulus  package. ..... on august 14, 2008, mccain released a policy paper titled "john  mccain ..... said "afghanistan, we don't read about anymore, because it's  succeeded.
evidence_4: oct 2, 2008 ... thirdly, he said that you have to treat the taxpayers like investors in this case. ...  we're going to focus on the middle class, because it's -- when the ... two years  ago, remember, it was john mccain who pushed so hard ...... "the reason we  don't read about afghanistan anymore in the paper, it's succeeded.
evidence_5: oct 2, 2008 ... we're going tofocus on the middle class, because it's -- when the middle ... two  years ago, remember, it was john mccain who pushed so hard withthe ... day, two mondays ago, john mccain said that we have an economic crisis. ...... we  don't readabout afghanistan anymore in the paper, it's succeeded.