I wrote about McCain's claim that the "Anbar Awakening" (a reduction in the violence in Anbar) was a result of the surge, despite the fact that the awakening took place four months before the surge was implemented.
When confronted about it, McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds reiterated his initial claim to avoid the error. However, he also said this:
"If Barack Obama had had his way, the Sheiks who started the Awakening would have been murdered at the hands of al Qaeda."
On September 17th, 2007, Abdul Sattar Abu Risha, a Sunni Sheik who was instrumental in starting the Anbar awakening, was murdered at the hands of al Qaeda in an assassination near his home.
Note: This is a mistake made by one of McCain's spokesmen, not McCain himself.