At the Senate Armed Services Commitee Hearings today, McCain

[panader0]

said that the US was playing the game of "whack-a-mole" refering to the fact that when US forces
take over one town, the enemy surfaces in another. Never heard of that game.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/08/03/iraq.hearing/index.html

[sgxnk]

1. whack a mole

very famous carnival game

often used as a metaphor

[Lindacooks]

2. It consists of a board with holes cut in it, and you get a hammer.

Moles pop up from the holes at random, and you try to hit them with the hammer.

[evlbstrd]

3. Maybe this will help:

[sinkingfeeling]

4. Whack-a-mole is the greatest fair game ever! I even won a dozen

teddy bears playing it!

[Ian David]

6. The secret to winning at Whack-a-mole is to only play against toddlers

[Sherman A1]

5. Very perceptive

That John McCain. Glad he is right on top of those issues.