http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/27298.html

Between now
and November, is there any realistic chance of reconciliation in Iraq?
By the time the election rolls around, McCain's certainty regarding
Iraq and the "success" of the "surge" won't be a strength, it'll be a
weakness. The domestic calm we're experiencing because the violence
against American soldiers has become "tolerable" will be replaced by a
renewed understanding that the war was never won, and that progress
(however many times David Brooks suggests it) isn't just another short
six months away.