In a New Mexico town hall, McCain reads (without Telepromter and with more verve than usual) a speech pointing once more to his fundamental disagreements with Obama on military strategy.

Sound bite: “Flip-floppers all over the world are enraged.”

Sound bite: “Today we know he was wrong. The surge has succeeded… Our enemies are on the run.”

Sound bite on Afghanistan: “The status quo is not acceptable.”

Sound bite: “It is precisely the success of the surge in Iraq that shows us how to succeed in Afghanistan.”

Sound bite: “I know how to win wars.”

Sound bite: “You can have complete confidence that I will get Osama bin Laden and bring him to justice.”

And here, to compare and contrast, is Obama’s half-hour speech on his plan for Iraq: