McCain lied, Palin never visited Iraq

From AP

Aides to Gov. Sarah Palin are scrambling to explain details of her only trip outside North America -- which, according to a new report, did not include Iraq, as the McCain-Palin campaign had initially claimed.

Palin made an official visit to see Alaskan troops in Kuwait in July of 2007. There, she made a stop at a border crossing with Iraq, but did not actually visit the country, according to a new report in the Boston Globe.

Earlier, McCain aides had said that Palin visited Iraq, and expressed indignation at questions about her slim foreign travel.

The campaign also said she had been to Ireland; that turned out to have been a refueling stop.

And Palin has suddenly added "Mexico" to her list of countries she's visited, even though she apparently didn't remember visiting Mexico for a good two weeks now. Anybody else thinking she took a shopping day trip to Tijuana? The larger issue, of course, is McCain giving up any sense of honor in order to win this election. He's now just another sleazy politician, willing to lie, cheat and steal his way into office. There's a larger story here, about McCain's fall from grace - I sure hope the media picks up on it.