Like Demophilus, I found McCain far from crazy in his Saddleback appearance. His response on Georgia name-checked "territorial integrity," but it didn't leave me with the impression that he would have bombed the joint.
Leon Hadar isn't sure whether the Georgian crisis will shake out in Obama's favor or McCain's. Not sure why; it seems like an obvious win for McCain. In fact, it's reasonable to imagine that the McCain campaign's aggressive response to what they were determined to make a "three AM moment" was entirely political. They saw a chance to put some teeth into their Obama's-not-ready-to-lead line, and so slapped down Obama's even-handedness more than the differences between candidates' positions warranted. This doesn't mean there's no cause to worry that McCain will be irresponsible on foreign policy, but certainly less.
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