Thank God for John McCain, Part II

During tonight's presidential debate between Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Wednesday's interview between CBS's Katie Couric and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, both McCain and Palin attempted to avoid former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's recent assertion that the United States should meet with leaders from Iran without pre-conditions. McCain provided the following quote in an exchange with Obama: "Dr. Kissinger, who's been my friend for thirty-five years, would be interested to hear this conversation and Senator Obama's depiction of his - of his positions on the issue." Palin made this statement during her interview with Couric: "I've never heard Henry Kissinger say, 'Yeah, I'll meet with these leaders without pre-conditions being met'."

Not so fast! Here is exactly what Kissinger, a current advisor to McCain, had this to say at a bipartisan roundtable discussion aired on CNN: "I do not believe that we can make conditions for the opening of negotiations. We ought, however, to be very clear about the content of negotiations and work it out with other countries and with our own government." Oops! Considering the fact that Kissinger has known McCain for thirty-five years and that he met with Palin earlier this week, it makes you wonder what they have been discussing. And let's not forget that Obama was ripped after a Democratic candidate debate in July 2007 when he commented on meeting with foreign leaders without pre-conditions.