If John McCain thinks that the president should always rubberstamp whatever his generals tell him, then maybe he should drop out and and have Gen. Petraeus run for president instead. If McCain's Iraq policy is going to be totally based on what Petraeus wants, then put the general on the campaign trail to tell Americans what that is.

Seems McCain doesn't pass that commander-in-chief test after all. The president sets the policy, with advice from military leaders. Generals carry out that policy.

Or course, he's just following Bush's spin about how he lets his generals determine Iraq policy. Which is a lie, because generals who don't agree with Bush find themselves looking for new jobs. He has turned his generals into scapegoats. And if McCain wants to continue that course, then he is just a despicable as Bush.