Yesterday, John McCain made a critical error during an interview with CBS' Katie Couric: He stated that the surge in Iraq was responsible for the "Anbar Awakening." The problem with that is the awakening began in September 2006, months before Bush announced the surge.

HOWEVER, that's not the interview which CBS aired. Instead, they clipped and inserted his answer to a previous question, leaving his claim that the surge begat the awakening on the cutting room floor.