THEY TOLD ME IF I VOTED FOR JOHN MCCAIN, GUANTANAMO BAY WOULD STAY OPEN FOR YEARS. AND THEY WERE RIGHT! Obama’s pledge to close down Guantanamo is ‘not even close’. “Barack Obama’s pledge to shut down Guantanamo Bay will not be honoured until at least a year after the President’s self-imposed deadline – and may not be completed in his first administration.”