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MANIFESTO

St. McCain has backed away from the rosy description of Iraq he offered last week.

"Of course I am going to misspeak and I've done it on numerous occasions and I probably will do it in the future," says McCain. "I regret that when I divert attention to something I said from my message, but you know, that's just life," he tells Pelley, adding, "I'm happy, frankly, with the way I operate, otherwise it would be a lot less fun."

Fun, huh? Try telling that to the more than 3200 families who've lost members in Iraq since this misbegotten adventure started, you bastard.