McCain did it four times this week:

22 JULY CBS Interview:

Senator Obama has indicated by his failure to acknowledge the success of the surge, that he would rather lose a war than lose a campaign.

22 JULY Rochester, New Hampshire:

I had the courage and the judgment to say I would rather lose a political campaign than lose a war. It seems to me that Obama would rather lose a war in order to win a political campaign.

24 JULY Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania:

“I would rather lose a campaign than lose a war,” he said, later adding “Apparently Sen. Obama would rather lose a war in order to win a campaign."

24 JULY Columbus, Ohio:

... I believe that by his failure to acknowledge the success of the surge — much less his opposition to it — shows that he would rather lose a war than a political campaign.

... I will repeat my statement again, that he would rather lose a war than lose a campaign. Because anyone who fails to acknowledge that the surge has worked, who has consistently opposed it, consistently never sat down and had a briefing with General Petraeus, our commander there, would rather lose a war than a political campaign.

posted by Quiddity at 7/26/2008 09:00:00 AM