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Obama, McCain, and Musharraf

Matthew Yglesias found this 8/18/2008 on blogs.tnr.com

McCain has put out an utterly banal and perfectly appropriate statement describing Musharraf's resignation as "a step toward moving Pakistan onto a more stable political footing." But it's worth remembering that, until recently, McCain was as resolute--and as mistaken--in his support of Musharraf as the Bush administration. Most notably, in December, after the assassination of ...