McCain: I didn't need no stinkin' security!

John McCain's verbal diarrhea continues to shatter what little credibility he has left.

Earlier today at a press conference, in the safe environs of Phoenix, Arizona, the delusional presidential candidate said that he didn't need any security when he want on his Mission McComplished Baghdad trip stroll last week.

From AP:

Sen. John McCain said Monday he would have taken his tour of an Iraqi market last week even if he hadn't been accompanied by heavily armed U.S. soldiers.

The Republican presidential hopeful said he would have walked through the Bab al-Sharqi market in Baghdad without the military protection, but the top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, had recommended the armed escort.

"I'm not notorious for being nervous about going anywhere," said McCain, R-Ariz. "I'll gladly go almost anywhere in the world, under any circumstances, but I did respond and do what General Petraeus asked me to do."

McCain and other members of a congressional delegation toured the market last week, traveling in armored military vehicles and wearing body armor during their hour-long excursion.

The congressional delegation said the trips were proof that security was improving in the capital. Some Iraqis in Baghdad said McCain's account of the visit to the market didn't represent the current reality in the capital.

At a news conference Monday in Phoenix, McCain said he talked to many Iraqis in the market who told him that, while they still worried about a sniper operating there, they felt as though things were getting better.

"That place is being rebuilt today and is a functioning market," McCain said. "Of course it isn't entirely safe, but it certainly is a functioning market and progress is being made there."

Good job, McCain - blame all of the security on U.S. General David Petraeus.

It just keeps getting funnier and funnier.

The flush was made last week - his campaign is now circling the large bowl of denial, and it's only a matter of time...

Say hi to Karl Rove for me while you're down there, senator.