Obama's trip made him look strong, while McCain looked out of touch. This is no time to get photographed in a golf cart—not with gas prices keeping many Americans from vacationing and Barack Obama traveling the world with a media entourage normally reserved for popes and presidents. The video footage of Obama shooting hoops with Marines and sinking a 30-footer provided a sharp contrast to the stooped figure of John McCain riding in a golf cart with the senior President Bush and sharing the indignities of being sidelined. The former president admitted to being "a little jealous" while McCain can't hide his disbelief that Obama, belatedly visiting Iraq and touching down in Afghanistan for the first time, gets heralded like a conquering hero. The two men can feel each other's pain. George H.W. Bush, a fighter pilot at age 19,...
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