If at first, or first thousands times, you don't succeed -- repeat same mistake again

Oh thank God, I was worried that President John McCain would have a Sunday without an appearance on a Sunday Chat Show. But, like Pavlov's Dogs, a microphone in which he is treated as a wise old sage without either actual wisdom -- or as far as I know -- sage is irresistible to the Ancient Plane Crasher.

Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain said any added military deployment in Afghanistan less than the 40,000 troops reportedly requested by the top U.S. commander in that war-torn land “would be an error of historic proportions.”

I believe reality has now endorsed an opposite conclusion, but thanks for your low-risk to yourself endorsements Villagers.