If Michael Steele still has a job by the end of the week, he’ll ironically have some of his toughest critics to thank. On Sunday, two of the GOP’s most hawkish members stopped short of demanding Steele’s resignation, after video footage surfaced late last week of the embattled RNC Chairman telling several Republican funders that America will likely lose the war in Afghanistan, and blaming President Obama for starting it.That’s not to say they went easy on Steele. “I think those statements are wildly inaccurate and there is no excuse for them,” Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), ranking member on the Armed Services Committee, said on ABC’s This Week. “I think that Mr. Steele is going to have to assess as to whether he can still lead the Republican Party as chairman of the Republican National Committee.”
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