McCain criticized Obama for saying in Tuesday night's Democratic debate that, after U.S. troops were withdrawn, as president he would act "if al-Qaeda is forming a base in Iraq."
"I have some news. Al-Qaeda is in Iraq. It's called 'al-Qaeda in Iraq,' " McCain told a crowd in Tyler, Texas
"But I have some news for John McCain," Obama added. "There was no such thing as al-Qaeda in Iraq until George Bush and John McCain decided to invade Iraq. …
On Wednesday, Obama expanded slightly that he "would always reserve the right to go in and strike al-Qaeda if they were in Iraq" without detailing what kind of strike that might be.
McCain said later in San Antonio, "So I guess that means that he would surrender and then go back."
" If we left, they (al-Qaeda) wouldn't be establishing a base," McCain said Wednesday. "They'd be taking a country, and I'm not going to allow that to happen."
McCain has attacked Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton for saying they would withdraw troops from Iraq.
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