Yesterday, John McCain intimated — quite strongly — that he supports the draft. Jed edited the video to the salient part. Sure sounds like McCain thinks we need a draft.

But why believe what McCain says? According to Marc Ambinder that comment gave us liberals a “conniption.” See, Marc Ambinder, who knows John McCain, claims John McCain doesn’t support the draft. Unlike the rest of us, Marc Ambinder gets to see McCain in person and he’s heard it for himself. So, even when McCain says things about supporting the draft, like McCain did Wednesday, Marc Ambinder knows McCain doesn’t mean it.

Now, the reality is that McCain hasn’t been as clear as Marc Ambinder claims. While the reporters who have gotten to know John McCain might not grasp this, just because McCain said something, doesn’t mean it’s true. He changes his positions and says different things to different audiences. Last night, despite Ambinder and McCain’s campaign’s claims to the contrary, Olbermann said McCain has been “anything but clear or consistent in opposing the draft.” And, when it comes to this issue, I’ll trust Jon Soltz from VoteVets who said McCain’s plan “equals the draft”: