I think Obama should head to Iraq and see the soldiers and commanders that he said have "failed." The idea of him traveling with McCain to do it is very interesting and should not be dismissed out of hand.
John McCain on Wednesday repeated his challenge to Barack Obama to take a ride with him over to Iraq and see the situation on the ground before concluding that U.S. efforts have failed to get the war-torn nation back on track.
This is real canny gambit that McCain is playing. On one hand he is reaching out to Obama in a bipartisan manner saying "lets go together and see if there is any progress in Iraq." But McCain can hit Obama with the "he would rather meet with the Mullahs in Iran then with Gen. Petraeus" if he is rebuffed.
So now the Obama campaign is stuck wrongfooted. They look like they are rejecting bipartisanism but at the same time the idea that "Obama won't even see the boots on the ground after the Surge" is in play.
The Republican Days Since Obama has been to Iraq clock is also a stroke of genius idea as well. It shows that Obama just parrots "Bush's failed policies in Iraq" over and over again but has no facts to back up this assertion. Now McCain needs to head back to Iraq and Afghanistan again and extend a hand to Obama and watch the fireworks when he is rejected.
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