When it comes to Iraq, you cannot accuse John McCain of political opportunism.

In fact, his support for George Bush's downward spiral of a war seems more like political suicide.

And McCain's chief political adviser, John Weaver, once described it to me in just those terms. "Stay the course, no matter what," Weaver said. "And if it dooms McCain, so be it. The American people would expect no less than that from somebody running for president."

One suspects, however, that ...

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