McCain being a bit of a smartass

In the ABC New Hampshire debate, John McCain jeered at Paul, "We're going to miss you tomorrow night, Ron." He was probably referring to Ron's absence from the Fox News Roundtable debate.

Check the YouTube video.

After Joe Lieberman's endorsement, is McCain getting a bit cocky? The polls suggest he will win the New Hampshire primary, but can he win the nomination?

I actually wanted McCain to win back in 2000 and 2004. But now, it seems he has lost his way.

In this YouTube video, he insists that the U.S. should maintain a presence in Iraq for the next 100 years. Now you and me both hope that he meant it in an emissary capacity, but it is hard to say that when the U.S. is building the largest and most expensive embassy in Iraq.

But has McCain change his foreign policy tune. In this CNN YouTube video, McCain responded to Ron Paul's criticism of the Vietnam War stating, "we never lost a battle in Vietnam, it was American public opinion forced us to lose that conflict."

Would that suggest that McCain was determined to keep the U.S. in a never-ending war in Vietnam? Over 58,000 soldiers were dead. Being a Vietnam prisoner-of-war and hero may do him justice, but I don't think he understands the nature of guerilla warfare that the North was using. That type of military tactics are designed to wear the enemy down until fighting is no longer cost-effective for him. The U.S. used over 15 million tons of munitions, and we still lost.

I don't know if voters feel that McCain would be the candidate to bring out troops home in an organized and effective way. I think because of Vietnam, he is not willing to admit defeat a second time. He is willing to sacrifice countless lives just to win and save face. This may turn out to be a liability during the campaign.

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I think McCain has lost his "maverick" status and has become just like the other Republican candidates. Promising change, but really keeping the status quo.

Except for RP.