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Article: McCain: Iraq War 'Necessary and Just'
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- April 11, 2007
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LEXINGTON, Va. - John McCain has rolled the dice on Iraq. Linked to the unpopular four-year war and his presidential campaign floundering, the Republican had little choice but to embrace the conflict anew.
"It is necessary and just," the Arizona senator said Wednesday, demanding that the U.S. strive for victory and accusing anti-war Democrats, including the party's White House contenders, of valuing electoral politics over sound policy.
Speaking to a friendly audience of Virginia Military Institute cadets, McCain staked his candidacy on Iraq in a speech that amounted to a full-throated appeal to the majority of Republicans who still back a war most Americans call hopeless. His criticism ...