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Originally Posted by Derwood
I don't think it would be a waste of time at all. whether he's getting the "real picture" over there or not, it's important for him to at least talk to people. It's also essential for his campaign, as it would take another bullet out of McCain's gun come the national elections
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I agree completely. But why is it so important that he go NOW? As ratbastid pointed out, he doesn't have the nomination yet. It's by no means assured that he will get the nomination, although it looks that way. Hillary pointed that out in a particularly ham-fisted way last week. If he has a major setback and superdelegates start jumping ship, going to Iraq could kill his campaign.
Again, once the convention is over, it's completely different, but he's still campaigning against Hillary. He'll start campaigning against McCain more and more, but there's a balancing act that he has to maintain for the next few weeks.
Scout, are you one of the ones who will be talking about his publicity stunt when he goes over there again in July/August/September?