"Do not lie, and do not do what you despise" J of N

what does it mean when mccain now pledges to balance the budget yet keep spending frivilously in iraq?

“In the long-term, the only way to keep the budget balanced is successful reform of the large spending pressures in Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid,” the McCain campaign says in a policy paper to be released Monday.

"long-term"? as i recall the budget was balanced in the past without touching those things. he's full of shit and this time, trying to appease conservatives that are already running from the republican party and will be even further pushed away, people are realizing it.

if he promised to get us out of iraq first then balance it, it would sound good. instead he's coming across as somehow a "reformed" neo-conservative.