“Americans are very frustrated, and they have every right to be. We’ve wasted a lot of our most precious treasure, which is American lives.”

—  John McCain

Discussing the Iraq War on the Late Show with David Letterman (28 February 2007)
[Associated Press, McCain to formally announce bid in April, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17389011/, MSNBC.com, 2007-03-01, 2007-03-01]
2000s, 2007

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