Long ago, Douglas MacArthur proclaimed: “There is no substitute for victory.” John McCain has been repeating this bromide on the campaign trail. Maybe this is mere red meat intended for the Republican base. If not, McCain is on a dangerous flight from reality. These speeches make me wonder where he has been over the past five years, and whether he has any greater grasp of reality than MacArthur did in Korea…
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