McConnell Comments on McChrystal Interview

If President Barack Obama thought Sen. Republican Leader Mitch McConnell was going to thrown him lifesline on whether to can Gen. Stanley McChrystal for insubordination, Obama must be disappointed at McConnell's relentless caginess.

Talking Points Memo has McConnell's reaction to McChrystal's Rolling Stone interview:

"It seems to me it's important to remember that we've got a conflict going on in Afghanistan, a challenging conflict, which has enjoyed bipartisan support, unlike the war in Iraq," McConnell said. "And I hope we can keep our eye on the ball here, and win in Afghanistan and not get diverted off of that on to these other issues that seem to have developed."

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"The important thing here is to get the mission right and to win," McConnell added. "And rather than getting diverted off on this I think it's important for everybody around here to remember that we've got a big stake in having the Afghan conflict come out the right way. This is a war that to date has enjoyed pretty broad bipartisan support."