Voters split over McCain, Obama views on Iraq

[Lone_Star_Dem]

WASHINGTON - John McCain's stance on the war is unambiguous: He voted for it, supports the current enhanced U.S. troop presence in Iraq and vigorously opposes any timetable to withdraw.

The public's stance on the war is as equivocal as McCain's is not: A strong majority of Americans oppose it and believe it was wrong in the first place, but more find McCain better suited to handle Iraq than his Democratic presidential rival, Barack Obama.

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For McCain, there is a major complication. Not all those voters who perceive him as stronger on Iraq say they will vote for him for president.

Unlike the 2004 presidential contest, this is not shaping up as a national security election. Neither the war nor terrorism is foremost in the public's mind. The economy and energy prices are the pre-eminent issues of the day. And on those, Obama has the edge.

Read more here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080625/ap_on_el_pr/candidates_iraq

[ProSense]

1. This is where the polls make no sense:

Most people oppose the war, a significant majority want out of Iraq, and Obama and McCain's positions are like night and day, but the public is split?

[MarjorieG]

2. MSM and McCain misrepresent Obama as leaving ASAP, irresponsibly.

And they don't understand that the military option is McCain's first and only option. BTW, hi...