...in so many words.  That is NOT an exact quote, but a paraphrase. :-)

Buried on page A15 of the Washington Post, is a scathing indictment of McCain's rhetoric on Russia by the columnist Ignatius.

The gist of the article is that McCain's 2006 rhetoric aimed at Russia, and his staunch support of the hothead Saakashvili, encouraged the leader of Georgia to be brash in dealing with its bearish neighbor.

The money quote:

McCain likes zingers. We've all seen that mischievous look ...It's one of his appealing qualities, but in this case it worries me. Zingers don't make good foreign policy. They embolden friends and provoke adversaries -- and in the Georgia crisis, that has proved to be a deadly combination.

And the summing paragraph of the column should be a campaign commercial in itself:

Now, after the Georgia war, McCain should learn that lesson: American leaders shouldn't make threats the country can't deliver or promises it isn't prepared to keep. The rhetoric of confrontation may make us feel good, but other people end up getting killed.

You can read the full column here.