Senator Obama has a new attack ad out hitting John McCain on his economic policies and at one point, goes after Iraq’s budget surplus. The WSJ editorialized on the Iraq oil surplus today as well, giving credit to those who supported the surge as the real culprit here:

Of course it is one more sign of progress that Iraq is immersed in ordinary budget disputes like every other democracy, and no one argues that these funds won’t be spent in the future. The real news is that Iraq was unable to spend the money it budgeted during the war’s darkest periods, largely due to violence, sectarian strife and corruption. Since General David Petraeus’s surge, security has improved sufficiently for Iraq to finance its own development. Before the war, Iraq’s oil revenues, derived from the world’s third largest reserves, were being laundered through the Oil for Food program to sponsor Saddam Hussein’s murderous regime and buy political patrons in the West. Now they’ll pay for a better life for Iraqi citizens. If this is the worst news the antiwar movement can highlight, victory must be at hand.

Here’s the screenshot of the ad: