the central front of the war on terror. You don't get it both ways. Either way John McCain loses this debate.
http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/10/mccain_call_post.php
The McCain campaign is now charging that the terrorists want Obama to win, while pretending they're not really saying that.
The McCain campaign just held a curious conference call with reporters in which McCain advisers made the insinuation. It's a claim that's at odds with folks who know what they're talking about, such as journalist Ron Suskind and counter-terror big Richard Clarke, who have both written that Al Qaeda actually prefers pro-war GOP rule.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0707/p01s03-uspo.html
Aides to the Arizona senator said Wednesday that he continued to view success in Iraq as the best chance for victory in the global war on terror.
"As on many things, Senator Obama is not listening to our commanders, and Senator McCain is," says Kori Schake, a senior policy adviser to McCain. "General David Petraeus believes Iraq is the central front in the war on terror. Al Qaeda has even said it is."