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The smart fellas at ThinkProgress seem to have caught ye olde Maverick McCain in rapid reversal. Here is what they offer in evidence: They demonstrate that at first the man, nay saint, held:

MCCAIN: Took us a long time to get in the situation we’re in, and to say that — and somehow assume that in a few months, that things are going to get all better I think is not realistic.

Only to shortly thereafter opine:

STEPHANOPOULOS: You say it’s all in. How long are you going to give it to work?

MCCAIN: I think in the case of the Iraqi government cooperating and doing what’s necessary, we can know fairly well in a few months.

One can legitimately question whether one needs to deal fairly with hypocrites, but assuming one should, it need be noted that the Maverick has not really contradicted himself above. There is a slight difference between the first statement (which says things will not get better in a few months) and the second (which says that we can know if things will get better). The difference is probably a bit more significant than the old coot's positions on agents of intolerance.

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