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Article: McCain: Iraq victory in sight
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- August 19, 2008
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Republican John McCain again insisted victory in Iraq "is finally in sight," as Democrat Barack Obama questioned why he then opposes a timetable for withdrawing American forces.
The argument over the unpopular 5 1/2-year-old war _ one of the key issues separating the candidates _ flared again Monday after McCain spoke to the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention, a friendly audience given his heroic service as a Navy fighter pilot and prisoner of war in North Vietnam.
The Iraq war, the odds-on top election issue before the presidential contest began, has given way to voter concerns over a stumbling American economy that shows no signs of rebounding as the Democrats ...