Ann Coulter Recommend this article  But like the Democrats,
McCain thinks if he simply says something over and over again,
he can make people believe it's true. Thus again at the South
Carolina debate on Jan. 10, McCain was proclaiming that he was
"the only one on this stage" who supported the surge.  Since he
would deny it about two minutes later, here is exactly what Mr.
Straight Talk said about the surge: "I supported that; I argued
for it. I'm the only one on this stage that did. And I condemn
the Rumsfeld strategy before that."  The next question went to
Giuliani and -- amid great flattery -- Giuliani noted that he
also supported Bush's surge "the night of the president's
speech."  Mr. Straight Talk contradicted Giuliani, saying: "Not
at the time."  Again, Giuliani said: "The night of the
president's speech, I was on television. I supported the surge.
I've supported it throughout."  To which McCain finally said he
didn't mean that he was "the only one on this stage" who
supported the surge. So by "the on