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What is he doing in Iraq?
He had better pay for this trip himself.
he must be politically posturing.

This just in, McCain is the head of the Senate Armed Forces committee. It's his job to go to Iraq.

NEW RULE: You must have an IQ of 100 or better to be able to vote in this country.

Howard Dean +DNC = Laugh out loud comedy!

Hey DNC – nice attempt to cover your own party's dysfunction. We all know who McCain is and what he stands for, because HE'S TOLD US AND HASN'T CHANGED. That's a little different than your candidates. They flip flop continuously and one of them has been a part of anti-American, anti-white, racist hate group church for 20 years, while the other will do anything to become president. Give it up!

NO MORE WAR = NO MCCAIN

You have only to know the history of the bible (old testament) that war has been going on in the middle east since ancient times. bringing peace there is something the US will most likely never achieve,first the people in those nations will definately have to want it and work harder themselves to acheive it. Proverbs 20:18 says every purpose is estabished by counsel: and with good advice make war. What advice did Bush used ?

Why even have the election?????

All Hail Emperor Bush!

Go White Male Party..... GOP sweep congress in '08 and end the recession.

Righty Tighty must be McBushies mother.

McCain is just like Bush. Unfortunately, so is Hillary. The only chance we have to break out of this disaster of GWB equals in with Obama.

in response to Al

What makes the DNC the be all, end all when it comes to whether or not the war in Iraq was right? They obviously think people care what they say way more than people actually do. We were RIGHT to invade Iraq, and we are RIGHT to still be there helping them build their new democracy.

McCain 08.

Saying we're right without anything to back it up makes your words mean nothing. No WMD, no Saddam/Al Quida ties, no threat to America. That makes this invasion wrong. And switching to the Saddam was a bad guy global police reason in the middle of the war is not an excuse either. Get a clue, it's people like you that are bringing this nation down by cheering on needless wars that are bankrupting America.

Republicans have been saying we've been wining the war in Iraq for the past 5 years now, and there's still too many Americans too stupid to believe them. A vote for McCain is like slitting your own throat. How long do the weak minded of our nation insist being fooled by the Republican traitors?

It basically says that Obama is in the best solution to face McCain.

Why, Hillary cannot make this argument against McCain because, hell yeah, she voted for the war and then recently endorsed McCain!

Obama for president!

The DNC has enough problems of their own without trying to play with grown ups.

Im ashamed of the DNC, they should of included Hillary in the ad. Since she agrees with McCain and said he would be the better comander in chief.

I CANNOT BELIEVE HE IS IN IRAC?

WHAT IS HE THINKING?

HE IS SO OUT OF TOUCH WITH REALITY!!!!!!!

I SUPPORT SENATOR CLINTON!!!!!!!!

flip-flop mccain,not your usual rep. candidate,is rove still hiding? maybe he's just on fix noise for the money! NOT

DNC did you forget 9/11. We didn't bring this war on but we should finish it.

We think we have it bad now? Vote for McCain and experience what BAD really is.

The DNC needs to focus in seating the Florida delegates or in a do-over for the Florida voters!!!

Poll yesterday found that more Americans trust McCain to handle Iraq than Barack or Clinton.

The DNC needs to attack McCain on economic issues if they want to make any headway. This can only backfire on them...it's McCain's issue, and it lets him talk about it without him having to bring it up himself.

Or they can stick with this tactic...either way.

Obama/Dorgan '08! or McCain/Lieberman '08!

McCain, Bush, and Clinton all ignored the cultural reality of the Gulf Region. Iraq was only enemy of Iran in Gulf Region. Iraq had no Navy, no Air Force, no ICBM's. Even if there had been WMD, Iraq had no capability to deliver them against our country. Israel is fully capable of defending itself, as demonstrated several times in the past. All three of the above knew that Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11. Most terrorists at 9/11 came from Saudi Arabia, from which also the money came to finance the attack. Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden were affirmed enemies. Al Quida was not in Iraq until we entered into War with Iraq.
I support the only candidate who understood the tragedy that a War with Iraq would entail and spoke out against it at the time – Barack Obama.

Bush lied to me when he told me and rest of the nation the reasons for going to war in Iraq. It will be years until I will believe any Republican let alone vote for one. I agree he had better pay for this trip himself instead of sticking we tax payers with this bill.
Carol Oh.

"DNC takes aim at McCain over Iraq" For the "gang that can't shoot straight" to take aim is a joke in itself.

As spoken by the DNC, authors of the book "How to Professionally and Properly Run a Flawless Primary Election". They shouldn't be wasting their money on TV spots when they could be using it to re-do their do-overs.

Um, hate to break it to you people, but Hillary didn't vot for the war. She voted for the use of force AS ALAST RESORT. Why you people can't see that Bush and Bush alone decided to forgo diplomacy, kick out the UN inspectors and have his little war. Stop blaming the Democrats for what is clearly a chickenhawk republican endeavor.

/not a Hillary supporter

McBush is looking out for his own political interests forget the soldiers or what the American public thinks, he's going to push for a continued presence and will think nothing of spending 12 billion a month for the BushWar while back in America the economy worsens daily. He likes to spend the taxpayers money for his politcal gain, fact finding trip RIGHT witha stop over for a private fundraiser in London.

We are winning the Campaign in Iraq, Afghanistan and the overall GWOT. McCain had the courage to call for a surge before anyone else, and history has proven his strategy correct. The Democrats try to claim Defeat in the face of Victory on a daily basis. In 50 years, Obama Pelosi and Reid will be standing in the ranks with the Chamberlains and Quislings of yesterday.

It was once, as I remember well, the American thing to do to support our President during the time of war. What has happened to the Democrats that they turn their back on the government during wartime, just for political posturing? History will judge that our going to Iraq was the right thing to do for the best interests of the US future.

Also, if the Dems don't like President Bush's tax cuts, why don't they keep on paying taxes to the government at the old Clinton rates? They can, you know. Same President as the war decision.

Fear monger tactics work. Expect more McCain party line quotes.

Big Mac has to re-institute the DRAFT to sustain McBush's war for decades. May be a "good" thing. Has anyone asked him?

Veteran and former army recruiter of 22 years; and very Independent.

Secure Iraq's oilfields, withdraw our troops to these areas, let the Iraqi's go at it with each other, declare victory and leave, after oil revenues re-imburse U.S. taxpayers.

We need Hillary/McCain/Bush ads.

Being the ranking member of the Senate Arms Committee, it was his and the others JOB to go over there. Who the heck do you think paid for Hillarys trip over there.? What about all her Vacations over seas on our dime.
Jeez, grow up and know what the heck your talking about before spouting off.
McCain 08

no no mccain was not in lock step with bush from the begining. mooney is not being truthful * that makes him an untruthful reporter * why is the untruths being allowed ?? its pretty obvious*

MCCAIN AND CLINTON VOTED FOR THR WAR AND OBAMA KEEPS SAYING HE DID NOT VOTE FOR THE WAR WELL....GUESS WHAT HE DID NOT HAVE A VOTE ON THE WAR AND IT IS EASY TO SAY I DIDN'T VOTE FOR IT WHEN IN ALL HONESTY WE DO NOT KNOW HOW HE WOULD HAVE VOTED HE MAY SAY======PRESENT=========.

CHOOSE NOT TO LOSE

Dr. Ron Paul is the only Republican candidate for president who voted against the war in Iraq.

Got to love those DNC leaders. The whole party is in the midst of a racial war, so they remind everyone of their hate for Bush. That should help settle things a bit..

McCain has never waivered from his views on Iraq. His views are those I agree with and appreciate. At least someone is looking out for the well-being and security of America.

Hillary on the other hand makes a grand speech on the Senate floor about the need to invade Iraq then follows up that speech with a Yes vote to go to war. It wasn't until after public opinion of the war declined that Hillary suddenly decides she needed to denounce the war, the same war she voted to go to.

The DNC doesn't have a leg to stand on when it comes to the Iraq war.

John McCain you don't have a chance against the greatest Presidential Candidate since John F. Kennedy. I'm talking about the Senater Obama, noone has given a better speech to the American as he did today. I hate to lower myself like the commentors on Obama blog today, BUT I MUST ASK WHY YOU LEFT YOUR "METHODIST CHURCH "AND NOW HAVE CHANGED TO ANOTHER WHOLE DIFFERENT RELIGION WHY WHY WHY.
Are you willing to come out and speak to the American people about our deepest hidden secrets, raceism.

Obama 08'

He is paying for the trip. Reading before speaking is usually a good idea.

DNC DON'T YOU FORGOT HILLARY SUPPORT THE WAR TOO

I'm as worried about Insain McCain making up a "Gulf of Tonkin" style lie to get us into a war with Iran as his "100 years in Iraq", and NOW "100 years in Afghanistan" statements.

I don't really like either of the Democrates BUT I just can't vote for a crazy old "cold warrior" hothead who's short fuse temper means he would attack another country just on insult or a perceived suspicious activity.

Oh, and he also knows NOTHING about the workings of the economy because he was raised the military brat version of a "silver spooner" just like George W. the only jobs he has ever had in his life are dropping bombs, sitting in a Hanoi prison and being a Senator. NOT the person you want in charge when, thanks to George W's foolish economic policies, the country is looking at a possable rerun of the Great Depression.

Actually, McCain favored a much larger fighting force from the get-go.... however, Bush took Rumsfeld's advice to send in a smaller-sized operation. Had the "surge" been in place from the beginning we probably wouldn't be having this debate right now.

I guess the DNC is trying anything to divert attention from the in-party mayhem currently taking place.... nice try.

I wish John was not so dedicated for a lack of better word to the war in Iraq. It would make it an easy choice for electability in the race. He has time after time butted heads with the administration on matters that affect the way that ordinary people are being treated by this administration. I can't bring myself to vote for him though when there is so much happening here at home that is not being addressed.
To much money is being wasted on the war with too few results. The money could make such a big difference for the average american. Can you imagine if a half a trillion dollars was being spent on helping the domestic front with help in building an petroleum free transportation system. I don't think either party has the guts to go all out to make our country self reliant where we are not forced to have to waste ours soliders lives for our energy supply.

America,

This man comes only once in a blue moon. The others are so busy thinking about their future, and Barack is thinking about America's future. He made history today.

History trumps Hillary.

Obama 08

why is the DNC taking time and energy on this now??? democrats have more pressing issues, namely finding a way to avoid a internacine war when the convention arrives and what the heck to do with FL and MI. if the DNC fails to solve these issues then no amount of attacks against McCain will matter b/c the democratic party will splinter into camps.

additionaly, while the DNC insist on calling it a bush-mccain term, the truth is that bush will not be on the ticket. history has shown that mccain is very much his own man, and i suspect that he will make choices very different from bush. this is exactly why mccain continues to have issues among the conservatives of the republican party.

so, job 1 for the DNC is to ensure that the democratic party will have a candidate that will be able to unite the party and ensure the votes of all those who've already voted for the party in the primaries. there will be enough time to take aim at the republican candidate.

I would love to hear the pundits analyze the "I Have A Dream" speech, as they are analyzing Barack words today.

I'm so glad I heard it live, and I will never forget it.

Obama 08

DNC aims at McCain over Iraq? Why not aims at Clinton? Bush can't go to war without Congress. Did all the Democratic representatives vote without reading like Hillary?

you know i dont care who voted for this war. all i know is that it needs to end. president bush and vp cheney released false information to the american people and the congress regarding terrorism existing in this country. i would say to those people that say well this person or that person agreed with this war, this president would have engaged in this war without the consent of the congress. this is a president that does what he wants and when he wants........i am proud to say i never voted for george bush......whats amazing to me is that he was elected for a second term......the blame of this war lies in his lap......it is time to let this one go...........its not waving a white flag either..........let these people have their country back and lets take care of our own country.......george bush wants the focus off the economy, so wage war somewhere in the world and take the focus somewhere else.......this would be a good thing for john mccain as well since he does not have an economic plan either........

Barack gave a wonderful speech today, and made history. It was real history, not phony, fly to Iraq for picture taking history, but the real deal.

March 18, 2008 will be remembered, mark my words.

The DNC has money for political ads but none to allow their own party's votes to count?????????????

The only Democratic vote I will ever cast again is for Hillary if she gets the nomination. I have already sent in my paperwork to drop out of the Democratic Party and change to an Independent.

If Hillary's not on the ticket in November, I am voting for McCain. At least I'm sure that the Republicans will allow my vote to count.

Almost all Americans – like me – supported the war at the beginning. The WMD argument totally sold me. When Colin Powell said that there is "no doubt" that Iraq had 2000 TONS of chemical and bioactive weapon material, I knew that he planned to use it. That quantity of poison is not made by people who plan never to use it. Turns out, of course, that Powell and everyone else in the Bush Administration was telling us something that turned out to be false.

Then, after getting the country into a war for no good reason, the Administration sent hundreds of thousands of Americans over there and then mismanaged the occupation of Iraq because of the incompetence of Administration-appointed personnel.

Now, most Americans hate the War in Iraq and imagine that they never supported it in the first place.

Our presence in Iraq is 100% the fault of American voters. They imagined that Bush would give them a $50 tax cut and they remembered Clinton's romp with a White House intern. It has been my privilege and patriotic duty to vote against George W. Bush four times – twice as governor and twice as President. All of you who voted FOR him, it is YOU who got us into this.

McCain & others authorized the President's Use of Force (however poorly it was wielded) and the question is now what to do about it. If we believe America is responsible for the current state of Iraq affairs, then what is best to fix a bad situation? McCain has handily supported anything this President proposed only because it's the President's place to make these calls. Truth be known, only a sitting President knows what should be done in this situation, and President Bush has handled Iraq exactly the same was as he managed Katrina, Enron, and now our own economic collapse.

The question is, will John McCain paint the same rosy picture as President Bush has over the past five years, or will there finally be any straight talk? Or if Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama come into office, will they investigate their options or just walk away from a bad situation?

day one ! five years later! 12 billon a month later try to explain all that? because saddam was bluffing? despite the u.n opposition?
thousands dead! how do you think you can ever justify that except be sori for a major 21 century american boo!boo!

Ofcourse I knew you weren't going to post my comment, somehow you have managed to figure out that I am pro united race in America. But let me say it again: Thanks CNN for killing HOPE for Young GENERATION of America. GO ahead and promote the public LYNCHING of OBAMA, yes – I said it LYNCHING ! that's what the MEDIA is doing, CHAMPIONED by CNN. That said, I still remain optimistic that White and Black American will see through all your (Shenanigan

Let's all vote for Bush again, like last time.

Surely, if we get behind it now, we can change the Constitution. No one pays attention to it anyway.

Recession, depression, Third World War. Obama the second Jesus? Of course, he never heard Wright's white hate sermons, how could he, not for 20 years. Nope, missed them all, even the tapes they sell to spread the hate.

Give us all a break, nothing on Clinton's tax returns could be worse than a Presidential contender sitting, condoning and now, lying, about racist views, while using love and preaching unity as his platform for running the country.

Unfortunately the Democratic race has turned divisive and negative because the Democrats have two great candidates for President. Meanwhile, McCain (a.k.a. McBush) is getting a free ride in the press. This is both good and bad for McCain. McCain has major flaws in his campaign that he has yet to deal with but will be re-awaken in August, September and October. The only thing America knows about McCain currently is that is for the Iraq War, the "surge" and was a POW during Vietnam. He has not communicated an economic policy, health care plan, social security solvency plan, and no meaningful domestic plan.

Remember this day America:

March 18th, 2008
The day Barack gave his "Imperfect Union" speech.

Obama 08

I'm a white retired pastor of 82, 1 of 5 brothers who served in WWII. During the 60's, I spoke out from the pulpit against the Vietnam War.
A year later, I had to accompany a US Marine to the home of a Marine veteran, whose Marine son had just been killed in Vietnam. I was uncertain of my reception on that occasion, but was met with an embrace by both the mother and father of the boy whose Confirmation I had performed 3 years before.
Any pastor who has BEEN a pastor to his people, will retain their support even when speaking things from the pulpit with which they might disagree. That is what Obama experienced with Rev. Wright, a US Marine Veteran.

If it weren't for the fact that he is too hawkish, sold his soul and beliefs to the Neocons (i.e. Bush) in order to get their support, has no knowledge about any of the issues other than Iraq, appears a little senile and at times, well, just a little short of a full deck, McCain would be a great candidate.

What makes the DNC the be all, end all when it comes to whether or not the war in Iraq was right? They obviously think people care what they say way more than people actually do. We were RIGHT to invade Iraq, and we are RIGHT to still be there helping them build their new democracy.

McCain 08.

It seems that the opposition's best argument against John McCain is that he is a Bush clone. The American people may not always agree with John McCain's stances on certain issues, but they do remember that he has taken stances in stark contrast to President Bush, such as McCain-Kennedy, McCain-Feingold, McCain-Lieberman, etc. The reason that John has a good chance of winning the presidency is precisely because he is independent- minded.

Good, expose this old creep for what he is, crazy and dillusional war monger who believes an answer to everything is bombs.

HILLARY WILL PUT THIS OLD MAN IN CHECK IN NOVEMBER !!!!

I think this shows Obama is the presumptive nominee of the DNC. Because Hillary was in "lock step since day one," also.

Like McCain said, we need to look forward... How much money did he raise in Iraq ???

Maybe the DNC will put all of Hillary's votes concerning the war side by side with McCain and the Clinton campaign could draw some of their patented "contrasts" as footnotes to the list.

I suspect that you wouldn't see any difference there, so what's the big difference? Perhaps his plan for handling the remainder of the time over there is rooted in reality instead of being a hollow campaign promise like hers?

40 years from now, the Iraqi youth will blog on and on about how bad the Americans are, with unimpeded freedom of course, just like the European youth of today.

The DNC? It will no longer exist..

Yes, talk about this one noter, and keep and eye on Bush. I wouldn't put it past him to start another war, so he can scare the country into voting for McCain, or as I call him Mini Me.

Yea, yea... We already know he supports it. The DNC spent money on this? Why? He's already told us he intends to keep troops there as long as it takes. I could think of better ways to use DNC funds to go after McCain; like the economy.

McCain has been touched by war and he knows the consequences more than others if he voted for it he voted with conviction and I respect that. And lets not forget he has two sons in this war.
He supported the surge when it was the most unpopular thing to do.
He is the man of principal. You know what you face with McCain the kind of straight talk we lack in the Democratic side.

This war was founded on lies and is being continued with lies.

All the "surge" has done in Iraq is complete the ethnic cleansing process and re-arm the Sunni insurgents that we used to oppose. Of course everyone is happy. Now they can go back to killing each other as soon as we step out of the picture.

Or do all you ditto-heads out there like the sound of 100 more years of American troops in Iraq?

Hillary & Barack voters: if your candidate loses, please vote for whoever wins.

Republicans don't deserve another term in the Whitehouse – doesn't matter who is leading the party.

HILLARY OR BARACK FOR PRESIDENT!!!

All y'all crazy republicans out there still for this war! Y'all just plain old crazy folks! Lets see, we have spent $624 Billion as of yesterday, we have over 4,000 troops killed (more than 9/11), and I don't know how many troops are coming home with limbs missing and will have mental issues for the rest of their lives. All this for what? To make Iraq a democracy? Why do y'all care more about another country's well being than your own? We could have really used this $624 Billion over here for all sorts of extremely important things.

Bush/Mcain, wrong forever!

We can not retreat from Iraq.

McCain is a fraud. McCain has no heart, he accepted the endorsement from (2) racist pastors, Hague & Parcely, with open arms. No Media coverage. The United State of America needs change NOW.

Vote for OBAMA for president in 2008.

This election is reminding me of the ads for the (very corny) movie Alien vs. Predator, with the catch phrase "No matter who wins, we lose."

That's how I feel about all this.

Nobody voted for war.

They gave Bush the keys and he drove the car off a cliff..

John 'Wayne' McCain should visit suicide bombing sites and tell the lovcal citizens how good they have it..

Mc cain said the Americans are winning the war in Iraq, what a mockery, he justified his win because the insurgents "are on the run," what a stupid remark after wasting over 4000 US lives, over $600 billion dollars wasted and after 5 years in the desert, so the US gave
all these away for the insurgents to be on the run, he calls that winning and wants to prove to the DNC they are wrong, I suggest
mc cain should go on retirement.

donald

Read General Lucian Truscott's quote about war. You fight a war to WIN.
McCain will consult with commanders in the field to make decisions.
Clinton and Obama will consult with political advisors in DC.

MCCAIN SHOULD PAY FOR THE TRIP. THIS IS ELECTION FRAUD.

While I have no plans on voting for McAmnesty why the hell should I vote for the Democratic candidate. Same slime, different pond.

DNC: "Hey don't look over here! Uh, hey look at McCain! McCain's a bad guy because he has an "R" behind his name! Don't look at us, we didn't bone anything up! Yeah, Yeah, that's the ticket!"

McCain has the right views over Iraq.

DNC: hello here, back to reality, HIllary Cliton voted for the war!!! dont forget..............
not only McCain, Hillary voted for the war dont forget dont forget..