Could be President Bush, odd as it may sound to say so. McCain won by standing firm on the war, even as some candidates and prominent Republicans hedged, hemmed, and hawed. Bush’s legacy will inevitably be tethered to Iraq, and McCain has been a frank but steadfast supporter of the intervention. Democrats assume that the issue will cut their way in November. We’ll see. McCain is certainly the most credible GOP standard-bearer on the issue.
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John Hood is president of the John William Pope Foundation, a North Carolina-based grantmaker, and co-founder of Freedom Conservatism.
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