McCain never met a war he didn’t like.
Our small contingent of troops in Lebanon caused him to trash Reagan. You know, his claimed passer of the golden chalice to himself. As if!
McCain likes taking the opposing position, playing for the long shot that the actions go south, and he can come off as a sage.
Do it often enough and folks will forget every time you got it wrong, and marvel at the sage-like ability to get it right two times out of 100.
He’s the Jean Dixon of politics.