"The charge appears to be misleading"

As if their endorsement of McCain wasn't damaging enough, the New York Times fact checks McCain on his claim Romney called for troop withdrawal timetables:

The charge appears to be misleading. The McCain campaign pointed to remarks Mr. Romney made last year in which he said he believed that President Bush and Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki of Iraq should have “a series of timetables and milestones” that they discussed among themselves but did not announce publicly.

But Mr. Romney has not called for setting a date for withdrawal. Mr. Romney has said he supports the president’s current strategy, although he has said he anticipates more and more American troops moving into a support role in Iraq in the next year — similar to what Gen. David H. Petraeus outlined in his testimony before Congress last year.

H/T Hugh Hewitt

Originally posted in UNCoRRELATED Jan 28, 2008