McCain Confuses Shia and Sunni, Again.

While questioning General David Petraeus about developments in Iraq, Sen. John McCain once again confused Shia and Sunni Muslims, calling al Qaeda an "obscure sect of the Shi'ites."

In March, McCain told reporters that it is "common knowledge and has been reported in the media that al-Qaeda is going back into Iran and receiving training and are coming back into Iraq from Iran, that's well known." Sen. Lieberman then informed McCain that Iran was not training al-Qaeda whereupon McCain quickly corrected himself. "I’m sorry, the Iranians are training extremists, not al-Qaeda."

Unfortunately, Sen. Lieberman could not bail McCain out this time as Chairman Levin and Sen. Kennedy were sitting between them.