You're 16 and listen to your parents. I understand. Let me help you. See, when you say things like that, the honest thing to do would be to
post the actual quote. Town hall questioner asks about Bush's
prediction that the US occupation may last 50 years. McCain:
“Make it 100.”
Context: “We've been in South Korea ... we’ve been in Japan for 60 years,” he
continued. “We’ve been in South Korea for 50 years or so. That would be
fine with me. As long as Americans are not being injured or harmed or
wounded or killed, that’s fine with me."
So there's the truth of it, and it doesn't look as bad as CNN makes it
out to be. Of course, the next question is, "How is this at all
comparable to Japan and South Korea?" Americans are dying in Iraq and
will continue to die there for the near future. Particularly odd is
McCain's apparently contradictory statement that he will bring US
troops home when Iraq stabilizes, so essentially it's a "We'll bring
them home when they aren't being shot at anymore" vs. "If they're not
being shot at anymore, it's OK for them to stay" thing.
Anyway. Sound clips like that aren't the reason not to vote for McCain, any more than sound clips taken from Obama's pastor over 30 years are a reason not to vote for him, or Hillary's... well, you can make a case that the whole "sniper fire" thing makes her a liar I guess, but my point is, everyone sweats the little stuff and it's why America's politics sucks at life. Great TV though, if you can stomach it.