Yes, I would agree that McCain's words have often been used in a similarly disingenous way...quoted all by themselves, out of context of whatever else he said at the time, quoted in such a way as to do the maximum possible political damage.

And as you note, most people here don't care about that, because they can't stand McCain anyway. ;-)

This is typical of what happens in politics. If you're against someone, you just search around diligently for a single phrase he uttered on some occasion that you can use forever afterward to paint him in the worst way possible. That's unscrupulous.

And that, clearly, is the point you are trying to make here.