Presidential Campaigns Fight Over The Meaning Of Maliki

By Eric Kleefeld - July 19, 2008, 11:23PM

The presidential campaigns battled today over the significance of Nouri al-Maliki's endorsement of Barack Obama's proposed 16-month withdrawal timetable -- with the McCain campaign making the rather curious claim that Maliki was actually backing up McCain's position.

The Obama campaign reacted to Maliki's Der Spiegel interview with a statement on how the foreign policy debate is continuing to move towards Obama's position.