McCain Dumps On Powell Again: He ‘Got Us Into Iraq’

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)
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John McCain had some more critical words for Colin Powell on Friday, saying the former Secretary of State’s involvement in the Iraq War should hurt his political appeal. Powell endorsed Obama this week for a second straight election.

“Colin Powell, interestingly enough, said that Obama got us out of Iraq,” McCain told the National Review. “But it was Colin Powell, with his testimony before the U.N. Security Council, that got us into Iraq.”

McCain lit into Powell on Thursday over his backing for Obama.

“General Powell, you disappoint us and you have harmed your legacy even further by defending what is clearly the most feckless foreign policy in my lifetime,” McCain said on Brian Kilmeade’s radio program.

He isn’t the only top Romney supporter upset with Powell. John Sununu suggested on Thursday that Powell only endorsed Obama because they’re both black.

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