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In a speech at the Virginia Military Institute today, Sen. John McCain called the war in Iraq "necessary and just" and reiterated his criticisms of Democrats in Congress who advocate a withdrawal from the war-torn nation. As Chief White House Correspondent Kenneth T. Walsh reported yesterday, the address (transcript) cemented the McCain campaign's dependence on improvement in Iraq. McCain has been on an extended mission recently to prove that the situation on the ground in Iraq is improving faster than the media is portraying but was dealt a PR blow during the visit when it was revealed that he had heavy protection while walking through a Baghdad market recently. He acknowledged this in his speech. "I just returned from my fifth visit to Iraq. Unlike the veterans here today, I risked nothing more threatening than a hostile press corps," he said. |
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