John McCain actually said...

On Iraq, senator Obama says he wants peace, but he still opposes the surge that succeeded. No rational observer could go to Iraq and see what we've succeeded in doing in the last two years and say that the surge hasn't succeeded.

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John McCain criticizes Barack Obama’s stance on the Iraq war, asserting that the surge has been successful.

08/19/2008

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