At HuffPo, Max Bergman finds a 2003 transcript in which John McCain endorses direct negotiations with Syria even though in his own words they were "sponsoring and harboring terrorists."

McCAIN: I think it's very appropriate that Colin Powell is going to Syria. I think we should put diplomatic and other pressures on them. It's also a time for Mr. Asad Bashar to realize that he should be more like his father was. I think he's too heavily influenced by a lot of the radical Islamic elements and--and militant groups.

LAUER: Do you think Syria meets the criteria set forth by the president in his post-9/11 address to Congress that they pose an imminent threat to the US in that they are either sponsoring or harboring terrorists?

McCAIN: I think they're--they're sponsoring and harboring terrorists.

(H/t to Jonathan Martin, along with a reminder that Drudge does for the GOP what HuffPo does for the Dems.)

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