McCain now talks about the lessons of Iraq, which is a great answer for his surge argument.
However, Obama is now also able to use this to his advantage — judgment, saying the lesson is that we never should have gone over to Iraq.
Obama is now going over the down sides of Iraq, and says we “took our eye off the ball.”
McCain now attacking Obama, charging that Obama still would have opposed surge in hindsight — something Obama has had trouble addressing clearly.
Obama: “War started in 2003. Not in 2007.” Now goes over points that “you were wrong” on a number of issues.
McCain: “Let us win. We don’t want our kids coming back here.” McCain says that Obama wants to lose (”that’s not true,” injects Obama).
Obama: “Afghanistan has worsened, deteriorated.” Says that funding differences were based on timetable, not general will to not fund troops.
McCain now says that Obama risks “snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.”
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