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Obama Says No To Baghdad Stroll With McCain
Barack Obama has decided that he has no interest in joining John McCain on his next "Baghdad Stroll."
McCain, in an interview yesterday, suggested that Obama take a trip to Iraq, and even agreed to a joint trip for the two candidates.
I asked the Obama camp for a response, and here it is, from Obama spokesperson Bill Burton:
"John McCain's proposal is nothing more than a political stunt, and we don't need any more 'Mission Accomplished' banners or walks through Baghdad markets to know that Iraq's leaders have not made the political progress that was the stated purpose of the surge. The American people don't want any more false promises of progress, they deserve a real debate about a war that has overstretched our military, and cost us thousands of lives and hundreds of billions of dollars without making us safer."
Obama hasn't visited since 2006, and McCain had tendered his invitation by saying, with characteristic civility: "He really has no experience or knowledge or judgment about the issue of Iraq and he has wanted to surrender for a long time."
Not the best way to persuade someone that you'd make a fun travel companion, obviously.
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