John McCain’s recent invite to Barack Obama to join him in a trip to Iraq was a pretty smart move, highlighting as it does the fact that Obama hasn’t set foot inside the war zone in over two years. And those years have been eventful ones in which the…

If Obama goes, he risks his standing with the hard-Left haters of the military and exposes himself to the optimistic findings in the briefing. If he doesn’t go, McCain can openly wonder why Obama wants to meet with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and not David Petraeus.

I really wish the Captain hadn’t said that…this gives the Obama camp time to consider these possibilities and devise some proper spin to wiggle out of the tough spot.

My guess is they’ll delay and delay. Meanwhile, every day that passes sees General Petraeus moving closer to the goal of a stable Iraq and wiping out AQI. When he gets close enough, the Obama campaign will simply say that Iraq is just a “distraction” from more important issues like how to nationalize health care.

McCain is a sharper campaigner than many are giving him credit for, I think.

If Obama goes [to Iraq], he risks his standing with the hard-Left haters of the military and exposes himself to the optimistic findings in the briefing. If he doesn’t go, McCain can openly wonder why Obama wants to meet with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and not David Petraeus. The commercials practically write themselves.

This is assuming McCain is willing to follow through with holding He Whose Middle Name Must Not Be Mentioned accountable.