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Associated Press (2007-02-19), McCain blasts Rumsfeld for Iraq war missteps, work: MSNBC.com, retrieved: 2007-02-20
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We are paying a very heavy price for the mismanagement -- that's the kindest word I can give you -- of Donald Rumsfeld, of this war. The price is very, very heavy and I regret it enormously. I think that Donald Rumsfeld will go down in history as one of the worst secretaries of defense in history.

— John McCain

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "We are paying a very heavy price for the mismanagement -- that's the kindest word I can give you -- of Donald Rumsfeld, of this war. The price is very, very heavy and I regret it enormously. I think that Donald Rumsfeld will go down in history as one of the worst secretaries of defense in history." in the context of "Associated Press (2007-02-19), McCain blasts Rumsfeld for Iraq war missteps, work: MSNBC.com, retrieved: 2007-02-20" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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About John McCain

John Sidney McCain III (29 August 1936 - 25 August 2018) was an American politician, statesman, and United States Navy officer who served as a United States Senator for Arizona from 1987 until his death in 2018. He previously served two terms in the United States House of Representatives and was the Republican nominee for president of the United States in the 2008 election, which he lost to Barack Obama.