Who to blame for Orlando?

The president the other day blamed Donald Trump, his talk of a moratorium on Muslims coming to the US, and the rhetoric of those who most assuredly do use the phrase "radical Islam."

John McCain Says Obama Is Directly Responsible for Orlando Massacre

He didn't "walk it back" very far.

First the charge.

"Barack Obama is directly responsible for it, because when he pulled everybody out of Iraq, al-Qaida went to Syria, became ISIS, and ISIS is what it is today thanks to Barack Obama's failures, utter failures, by pulling everybody out of Iraq," a visibly angry McCain told reporters in the Capitol as the Senate debated a spending bill.

"So the responsibility for it lies with President Barack Obama and his failed policies," McCain said.

Then the "walk-back."

McCain later softened his comments on Twitter: "To clarify, I was referring to Pres Obama's national security decisions that have led to rise of #ISIL, not to the President himself."

The senator, who is running for reelection this year, continued the walk back the comments with a statement on his website:

I misspoke. I did not mean to imply that the President was personally responsible.  

I was referring to President Obama’s national security decisions, not the President himself.  

As I have said, President Obama’s decision to completely withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq in 2011 led to the rise of ISIL.  

I and others have long warned that the failure of the President’s policy to deny ISIL safe haven would allow the terrorist organization to inspire, plan, direct or conduct attacks on the United States and Europe as they have done in Paris, Brussels, San Bernardino and now Orlando.