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Tuesday, May 27, 2008 --- 102 days ago http://news.aol.com/political-machine/2008/05/27/memorial-day-fireworks-on-campa
 Filed under: Barack Obama , John McCain , Featured Stories , Iraq , 2008 President Sen. John McCain used his Memorial Day appearance to tussle with Sen. Barack Obama over the war in Iraq. Both candidates spent the day in New Mexico, a swing state that has been decided by razor thin margins in each of the last two presidential elections. McCain criticized Obama in unusually sharp language over the likely Democratic nominee's call for a complete withdrawal from Iraq. McCain implied that Obama's position is reached in part by a lack of specific knowledge about the conditions on the ground in Iraq. Look at what happened in the last two years since Senator Obama visited [Iraq] and declared the war lost. He really has no experience or knowledge or judgment about the issue of Iraq and he has wanted to surrender for a long time. If there was any other issue before the American people, and you hadn't had anything to do with it in a couple of years, I think the American people would judge that very harshly." McCain went on to challenge Obama to visit Iraq during the campaign, offering to make it a joint venture by going along with him. The Obama campaign responded by not officially responding to McCain's comments. Campaign spokesman Bill Burton said, "Senator Obama thinks Memorial Day is a day to honor our nation's veterans, not a day for political posturing." But Obama did take the occasion of his appearance to criticize the Bush Administ ... |
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