John McCain For President...

of Candy Land. So, we all remember John McCain's awesome "I Will Fix The Whole World and Bring Tupac and Biggie Back From the Dead and Make Them Shake Hands and End the Beef" speech, right? I think that's what it was called anyway. Well, Talking Points Memo asked his campaign how he was going to follow through on his recent not at all insane pledge to balance the budget in his first term. McCain's camp responded to them with forehead slap worthy talking point:

It's pretty straightforward, as we win, costs will go down with a smaller footprint over time, and those savings will go to deficit reduction. It's really the logical extension of Senator McCain's position as articulated in the 2013 speech. Achieving success in Iraq would obviously lead to reduced expenditures on the effort.

Onward to victory!

Some people might tell you this is proof that John McCain is a delusional old coot and that he's displaying the exact kind of attitude expected us to be greeted as liberators in Baghdad. I think he's just doing this to cover up for the fact that he's on record as praising the ugliest fucking shoes to ever exist.