McCain/Obama/Surge/Hagel

Here's the problem for John McCain - in order to run an effective campaign against Obama, he has to harp on foreign policy and Obama's views on the Iraq war. Why is that a problem? It pushes an endorsement he could sorely use in his effort to sway the center, that of Chuck Hagel, further and further away, quite possibly even, to the other half of the other ticket. Few who voted against the surge did so because they thought it would fail, they did so because there was no diplomatic plan to follow along with it. Any American knows that if you increase the size of our fighting force, any where in the world, the other side has very little chance of doing anything resembling success. Over the next few months, though, you'll be told that Obama was one of those few who voted against because he thought it would fail because he doesn't have the experience to know that it could not fail. The Deacon is sure that Team McCain is hoping very much for one thing - that Obama doesn't try to make up for this by creating Obama/Hagel 08. The Deacon has a hard time imagining voting for either candidate right now, but he would not hesitate to vote for that ticket.