Iraq is now John McCain's war. He has steadily advocated the policy that Bush is about to adopt: sending more troops to quell the insurgency. It is extremely important for progressives to tie the Iraq albatross around John McCain's neck. A McCain presidency would likely feature continued lunatic military spending and a fresh round of fighting overseas.
McCain is the idol of militarist, authoritarian America. He represents indomitable militarism that never surrenders and never changes course. His inflexible belief in US military supremacy will severely damage our country, because, like Bush, he has no demonstrated skills as an executive. His experience as a Navy pilot and POW demonstrated his courage, but nothing in his political career has demonstrated wisdom or foreign policy mastery.
So say it and repeat it: Iraq is John McCain's war.