That line, just delivered by John McCain, is the key to his entire candidacy. If one believes that victory in Iraq is essential — and if a Republican believes that the Democrats are vulnerable because they have been thoroughly defeatist — then McCain is demonstrating he is the candidate who can take the fight right to his partisan rival. If the surge remains successful, and political reconciliation follows apace, that won’t be a bad fight to have in October.

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