Who said it?

Another guessing game - how fun!! Try and figure out who said these things in January, 2005:

"When it comes to getting U.S. troops out of Iraq, [this person] was for the idea before he was against it.

Three years before [this person] argued... that U.S. forces could be in Iraq for 100 years in the absence of violence, [this person] decried the very concept of a long-term troop presence.

In fact, when asked specifically if he thought the U.S. military should set up shop in Iraq along the lines of what has been established in post-WWII Germany or Japan -- something [this person] has repeatedly advocated during the campaign -- [this person] offered nothing short of a categorical "no."

"I would hope that we could bring them all home," he said on MSNBC. "I would hope that we would probably leave some military advisers, as we have in other countries, to help them with their training and equipment and that kind of stuff."

Host Chris Matthews pressed [this person] on the issue. "You've heard the ideological argument to keep U.S. forces in the Middle East. I've heard it from the hawks. They say, keep United States military presence in the Middle East, like we have with the 7th Fleet in Asia. We have the German...the South Korean component. Do you think we could get along without it?"

[This person] held fast, rejecting the very policy he urges today. "I not only think we could get along without it, but I think one of our big problems has been the fact that many Iraqis resent American military presence," he responded. "And I don't pretend to know exactly Iraqi public opinion. But as soon as we can reduce our visibility as much as possible, the better I think it is going to be."

The January 2005 comments, which have not surfaced previously during the presidential campaign, represent a stunning contrast to [this person's] current rhetoric.

They also run squarely against his image as having a steadfast, unwavering idea for U.S. policy in Iraq -- and provide further evidence to those, including some prominent GOP foreign policy figures in the "realist" camp, who believe [this person] is increasingly adopting policies shared by neoconservatives.

Finally, the comments undercut much of the criticism [this person] has launched at his Democratic and even Republican opponents.

When it comes to getting U.S. troops out of Iraq, Sen. John McCain was for the idea before he was against it."