Stop Quoting Me Accurately!

By Matthew Yglesias
Once again, John McCain has an unfortunate run-in with a straightforward effort to quote his words, and protests to George Stephanoupolous "I didn’t use the word 'timetable'" when, in fact, he called Nuri al-Maliki's plans for Iraq "a pretty good timetable" just days ago. Perhaps he meant to say "general time horizon."

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