McCain ludicrously claims we had “won” in Iraq before Obama pulled out:

Waldman remembers how frequently McCain has been wrong:

McCain does provide something important to journalists: whatever the issue of the moment is, he can be counted on to offer angry, bitter criticism of the Obama administration, giving the “balance” every story needs. The fact that he has never demonstrated the slightest bit of understanding of Iraq is no bar at all to being the most quoted person on the topic. For context, here’s a nice roundup of some of the things McCain said when he was pushing to invade Iraq in the first place.