It somehow disconnected from Afghanistan shows again incredible naivete.

It was also was a very strategic move because that appearance there was a message that showed how he was separate from George Bush.

Of course I would prefer his success not to continue quite as long as he hopes. But it does make you and me proud to know the country I've loved and served all my life, still a work in progress and always improving.

Phil Gramm does not speak for me. I speak for me.

In fact, he has it exactly backwards. It is precisely the success of the surge in Iraq that shows us the way to succeed in Afghanistan.

I think it was. And I think he drew a line in the sand where he said, here's an issue that we can all agree on, that we have common ground on, and quite frankly, it's an issue in the black community, when it comes to school choice, that…

Whether or not I win your support, I need your goodwill and counsel.

Whether or not I get your support, I need your goodwill and counsel.

I don't know enough about it to give you a informed answer.

Senator Obama will tell you we can't win in Afghanistan without losing in Iraq. In fact, he has it exactly backwards. It is precisely the success of the surge in Iraq that shows us the way to succeed in Afghanistan.

I called for a comprehensive new strategy, a surge of troops and counterinsurgency to win the war. Senator Obama disagreed. He opposed the surge, predicted it would increase sectarian violence, and called for our troops to retreat as…

I know how to win wars.

It is precisely the success of the surge in Iraq that shows us the way to succeed in Afghanistan.

In trying to sound tough, he's made it harder for the people whose support we most need to provide it. I won't bluster and I won't make idle threats.

Today, we know he was wrong. The surge has succeeded.

Senator Obama is departing soon on a trip abroad that will include a fact-finding mission to Iraq and Afghanistan.

Today we know he was wrong. The surge has succeeded.

Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain attacking each other's proposals for dealing with Iraq and keeping Americans safe.