Senator John McCain: The Heart and Voice of a Lion on the War in Iraq

When one thinks of Senator John McCain, one mainly thinks of lost opportunities. Too many missteps have turned what would have been a stellar political career into something of a disappointment. But when it comes to the War on Terror, especially the War in Iraq, John McCain has had the heart and the voice of a lion.

When the smoke of Ground Zero in New York had not yet cleared, it was his voice in the Senate that spoke best for what had to be done. He said that God may have mercy on those who had done the 9/11 attack, but we would not.

It is of course easy to rally a reeling nation to arms when the nation is angry and eager to spring to arms. It is a lot harder to do so when the same nation, years later, has grown weary of the fight. But even when the polls numbers have turned sour and the Copperhead Caucus in the Congress has grown, Senator McCain has neither failed not flagged.

There was no better illustration of McCain's eloquence than during Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's absurd and pathetic all night debate. As other Senators stood up one after the other to drone speeches that were truly sleep inducing, when Senator McCain took the floor, he thundered like someone from the Old Testament.