When the media asked McCain about it the next day, he decided he liked the idea, if the junior senator was willing. After all, the little punk junior senator hadn't been there since 2006, when violence was at its peak and the surge had not yet taken hold. Now that violence is at a 4 year low, McCain figured Obama would do well to actually speak to our commanders in a private manner and see our troops in action.
Obama of course declined. But he took it a step further, doing the press release equivalent of sticking your fingers in your ears and yelling loudly. Saying-
"John McCain's proposal is nothing more than a political stunt, and we don't need any... walks through Baghdad markets to know that Iraq's leaders have not made the political progress that was the stated purpose of the surge. "He then goes on to say that talking about Iraq is distracting us from the important issues of Iraq. He's a bloody wonder that one. How dose that logic work? You don't need to see things first hand to know what's going on? I can't wait to see how he weasels out of the debates in the fall...
"I don't need to actually talk to senator McCain for people to know I'm the second coming! People can tell from my scripted remarks and wall of sycophantic aides that I'm plenty smart!"
Yeesh...
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