From this new WaPo article on Woodward's book, we have McCain telling Rice (speaking about Iraq):  "We may be about to lose the second war in my lifetime."

The WaPo article is interested in the fact that McCain was privately more concerned about Iraq in 2007 than his public statements from then and since would have us believe.  But I'm struck by the idea that we "lost" another war.  Is he talking about Vietnam, or Korea?  Surely he's not talking about Desert Storm.  I'm thinking Vietnam. 

And yet, this is not the language usually employed by the right anymore.  And I wonder if McCain has used it before, on the record?  It was the sort of sentiment Kerry was vilified for.  And, in light of McCain's "Win" and "Lose" rhetoric about Iraq, I wonder what more he might have to say about this.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/09/13/woodward_mccain_privately_pess.html