Obama's Global Victory Lap Has McCain Desperate (The Nation)

John Nichols 33 minutes ago The Nation -- What was John McCain thinking? Did the Republican who would be president really think that by goading Democrat Barack Obama into visiting Afghanistan and Iraq -- countries the senator from Illinois was going to have to visit as part of an image-building international tour -- he would somehow trip-up his November rival? Was McCain under some delusion that international leaders would subtly undermine the Obama tour and thus confirm that the Republican ally of discredited lame-duck President George Bush was the only real choice to lead the United States toward a more realistic role in the world? If that was the case, then McCain really is too foolish to be president -- not merely of the U.S. but of his stamp club. As Obama goes from strength to strength -- sinking baskets, drawing cheers... [read full story]