http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/25/mccain-timeline/

I guess if you can't beat them, join them?

Quote :

" But in an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer today, McCain seemed to endorse the idea of a timetable. When asked if Maliki would “persist” in requesting a 16-month withdrawal timetable from Iraq, McCain responded, “He won’t. … I know him.” McCain then praised Maliki’s 16-month timetable: BLITZER: So why do you think he said that 16 months is basically a pretty good timetable? McCAIN: He said it’s a pretty good timetable based on conditions on the ground. I think it’s a pretty good timetable, as we should — or horizons for withdrawal. But they have to be based on conditions on the ground. "

7/25/2008 8:32:59 PM

Quote :

"He said it’s a pretty good timetable based on conditions on the ground. I think it’s a pretty good timetable, as we should — or horizons for withdrawal. But they have to be based on conditions on the ground."

7/25/2008 8:39:20 PM

Quote :

"My 16-month timeline, if you examine everything that I’ve said, was always premised on making sure that our troops were safe. I said that based on the information that we had received from our commanders that one to two brigades a month could be pulled out safely, from a logistical perspective. My guiding approach continues to be that we’ve got to make sure that our troops are safe and that Iraq is stable. I’m going to continue to gather information to find out whether those conditions still hold."

- Obama
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/03/obama-open-to-refine-iraq-withdrawal-timeline/index.html?hp

So Obama talks about a specific goal, McCain talks about 100 Years, Iraq's leader says a specific goal is good, then all of a sudden, McCain is all about "horizons". I'd say Obama has a decisive edge on the leadership side of things on this issue.

edit: it's also hilarious how McCain fumbled there "oh no, he wouldn't say that, I know him..." haha.. If only he could go back to his Straight Talk Express days.

[Edited on July 25, 2008 at 8:49 PM. Reason : ]

7/25/2008 8:47:32 PM

ok so obama has one issue down

∞ to go

7/25/2008 9:00:48 PM