McCain Sounds Campaign Death Knell

In an effort to revive his flagging presidential prospects, Senator John McCain (R-Fantasyland) has announced that he is going to make the war in Iraq the main focus of his campaign from now on. Specifically, he is going to be making speeches saying that the war is "still winnable," and that we should all shut the hell up and support the president's current "surge" strategy. With fully two-thirds of Americans having turned decidedly against the continuaton of the slaughter in Iraq, how does anyone think that this move on McCain's part is anything but a lose-lose strategy? After his recent debacle in the marketplace in Baghdad, you'd think someone in McCain's inner circle would realize what a blunder he has made -- what a hole he's dug himself into -- and try to minimize the damage and move away from what is very obviously an extremely unpopular position. Instead, like George Armstrong Custer, McCain seems determined to charge into the breach in the face of certain doom.

Time to retire the Straight Talk Express BS, Mr. McCain. Your credibility is shot so full of holes there's virtually nothing left to it.