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On the recordJuly 24, 2008
Senator Obama said just this week that, even knowing what he knows today, that he would still, still would have opposed the surge. In retrospect, given the opportunity to choose between failure and success, he chose failure.
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John McCain
Republican · Arizona

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John McCain criticizes Barack Obama for opposing the surge in Iraq and claims that Obama chose failure over success.

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