From ABC's The Note:
And it was McCain who owns the first big gaffe of the trip -- appearing to confuse Iraq and Afghanistan.
Asked by ABC's Diane Sawyer Monday morning whether the "the situation in Afghanistan in precarious and urgent," McCain responded:
"I think it's serious. . . . It's a serious situation, but there's a lot of things we need to do. We have a lot of work to do and I'm afraid it's a very hard struggle, particularly given the situation on the Iraq/Pakistan border," said McCain, R-Ariz., said on "Good Morning America."
Link: The Note
UPDATE: Thanks to Al Rodgers, the video is posted in the comments below. Al, I couldn't make the embed work quickly, so I'm adding the thanks.
So is Obama the luckiest man in politics? Or the smartest?
- Maliki endorses his approach.
- Bush adopts his approach to Iran.
- Petraeus says Al Qaeda is moving to Afghanistan, thus supporting Obama's emphasis.
- Bush adopts a "time horizon" approach.
All of this in about 72 hours, and all coinciding with Obama'a foreign trip.
The McCain camp has to have been repeating all weekend: "We're fucked!"