McCain's Walk

Recently presidential hopeful Republican Senator John McCain stated that in the wake of the recent "surge" ordered by President Bush it was now safe for an American to go for a stroll in Baghdad outside the "Green Zone."

This statement was greeted with skepticism and even some hilarity. Incensed, McCain set out to prove he was right. He went to Baghdad and took his walk to a well known market which had been hit by bombs on at least one occasion. He then said that proved he was right in his assertion.

He failed to mention the he was wearing a bullet proof vest and was surrounded by a cordon of armed U.S troops, armor and helicopter gunships which accompanied him.