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Time to play "Guess Who Said It?" "If you get involved in a major ground war in the Saudi desert, I think support will erode signific
By Nicole Belle — January 16, 2007

Time to play "Guess Who Said It?"

"If you get involved in a major ground war in the Saudi desert, I think support will erode significantly. Nor should it be supported. We cannot even contemplate, in my view, trading American blood for Iraqi blood."

Answer below the fold

ANSWER: John McCain, New York Times, August 19, 1990.

Cliff Schechter reminds us that McCain was against the war before he was for it. How well can we get the flip-flopper label to stick to him?

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