McCain's foreign policy

The NYTimes has an interesting piece voicing the concerns of the "realist" foreign policy Republicans that John McCain has already given himself over to the neocons.

One of the chief concerns of the pragmatists is that Mr. McCain is susceptible to influence from the neoconservatives because he is not as fully formed on foreign policy as his campaign advisers say he is, and that while he speaks authoritatively, he operates too much off the cuff and has not done the deeper homework required of a presidential candidate.

(That's why Bush likes them.)

We'll have to watch how this line of argument develops. McCain's "experience"/national security campaign argument rests on a belief that his vision is more seasoned than Bush's and that he can "execute" better than Bush.

If that comes into real question, his "national security" rationale collapses, and he really is four more years.

The Iraq hearings did not do him any favors.