The Power Line blog ran McCain's most stinging criticism of Barack Obama's position on the war in Iraq today. Speaking in Denver, Colorado (a state that could be pivotal in the upcoming election), he said:
"Senator Obama and I also faced a decision, which amounted to a real-time test for a future commander-in-chief. America passed that test. I believe my judgment passed that test. And I believe Senator Obama's failed....
"Senator Obama told the American people what he thought you wanted to hear. I told you the truth.
"Fortunately, Senator Obama failed, not our military. We rejected the audacity of hopelessness, and we were right. Violence in Iraq fell to such low levels for such a long time that Senator Obama, detecting the success he never believed possible, falsely claimed that he had always predicted it. ... In Iraq, we are no longer on the doorstep of defeat, but on the road to victory.
"Senator Obama said this week that even knowing what he knows today that he still would have opposed the surge. In retrospect, given the opportunity to choose between failure and success, he chooses failure. I cannot conceive of a Commander in Chief making that choice."
Read the whole speech.
EDITORIAL NOTE: The reason we are being so complimentary to McCain is because throughout most of his campaign he has NOT been articulate in defending his positions and putting down Obama when he has the chance (which comes often enough). No one's going to hand him the presidency - he will have to earn it.
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