Published 8/19/2008
by Mark Murray
at First Read
Covering McCain’s VFW speech yesterday, the New York Times writes that the GOP candidate “began a hard-hitting political attack on … Obama’s national security credentials … and stepped up his rhetoric against the Russian presence in Georgia in remarks intended to showcase his ability to be commander in chief… Mr. McCain criticized what he called Mr. Obama’s ‘shifting positions’ on the troop reinforcements, or surge, in Iraq, and said that when his rival voted against financing the troops in a single...( read more )
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