Obama’s quick response to McCain’s criticism for not visiting Iraq: he plans to go there this summer.

I think that if I’m going to Iraq, then I’m there to talk to troops and talk to commanders,” he said in the interview. “I’m not there to try to score political points or perform. The work they’re doing there is too important.”

Allegedly, Obama was thinking of returning to Iraq since his first and last trip there as part of a congressional delegation, but the intense battle with Clinton for the nomination delayed his return. Interesting that he suddenly divulges his plans to The New York Times a day after McCain criticized him for failing to physically assess the situation in Iraq.

OBAMA PLANS TO VISIT IRAQ
By Nedra Pickler (A.P. 3/28/08)
Abstract by Johana Nadler
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