Just as the first President George Bush left the ingredients in place for a second war when he failed to depose Saddam Hussein in 1991, so Obama will fail to finish the job and invite yet another war if he abandons Iraq before our gains have been consolidated.

        Rich Lowry and Ramesh Ponnuru write:  "McCain is in a better position to use this strategy against Obama than Hillary Clinton was.  She was never wholly convincing in her adopted role as a working-class warrior.  McCain, on the other hand, has the warrior part of the persona in his genes.''