For such a neophyte according to McCain, Obama certainly seems to be making the right foreign policy calls. Emphasize Afghanistan instead of Iraq. Set up a diplomatic relationship and negotiation with Iran. Use a specific timetable to withdraw from Iraq.

The Bush administration is signing onto to each of these but in different terms. John McCain is beginning to look like a stuck-in-the-mud in contrast.

Can anybody describe what McCain's plan is? Does he plan to continue force us upon Iraq now that Maliki wants Obama's withdrawal plan?

DG, I think we're seeing what Washington means by experience: same old, same old. It takes someone fresh to see beyond cold-war platitudes and get on with it.