Reply #4: To own it, he should have accelerated it

[zipplewrath]

He's left himself in the limbo land between executing the SOFA and "owning" this. I agree with you that it is very unlikely McCain would have stuck with the SOFA. But to clearly separate this withdrawl from Bush's plan, he should have sped it up. He still can I'll point out. He should announce soon that he will be out by next July or something. As you say, it will be a signal not just to the Ameerican public that he is serious, but to Afghanistan as well. It will clearly separate him from Bush, it will tell the Afghans that he's serious, and it will put the military on notice that he ain't foolin' around either.