McCain Cained Polls are showing that John McCain is taking a hit over escalation in Iraq. He is losing ground to Barack Obama who is anti war. McCain has long been a proponant of escalation in Iraq. It is a policy that would have the support of this blog if it was done right but with a president who's ability to tie his own shoe laces is in doubt, the policy won't work for reasons that I have outlined below. It is also good to see that Obama is picking up support amongst the swing voters that it will be necessary for him to win the presidency.  ¶ 7:35 pm