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Power Line: We Turn the Floor Over to Senator McCain

The worst of all worlds would be a small, short surge of U.S. forces. We have tried small surges in the past, and they have been ineffective because our commanders lacked the forces necessary to hold territory after it was cleared. A short surge would have all the drawbacks associated with greater deployments without giving our troops the time they need to be effective.Increasing U.S. troop levels in Iraq will expose more brave Americans to danger, and increase the number of American casualties. Extending combat tours and accelerating the deployment of additional brigades is a terrible sacrifice to impose on the best patriots among us, and they will understandably be disappointed. Then they will shoulder their weapons, and do everything duty requires to win this war.

Pretty close to what I have been saying, although how the political will to make such a thing happen can be seized is a very open question in my book.

I am still upset with John McCain over McCain-Feingold.  I have in the past said that I would have a very difficult time ever supporting him because of that, and while this doesn’t entirely change that, Iraq and the WOT are my most important issues.  I still probably won’t support McCain in the primaries, but if he wins them, he will probably get my vote unless the Democrats put up somebody who is equally strong in this area.