Biden Slams McCain for being "Dangerously Wrong" on National Security

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Speaking in Ohio, Joe Biden slams McCain for being "dangerously wrong" on national security and disasterous on foreign relations.

"In Johns judgment, it is not the federal governments responsibility to protect us here at home. He voted again and again against fully funding cops and firefighters against interoperable communications so that our first responders can talk to each other against screening more cargo on planes and ships against better security for our tunnels, trains, ports and chemical plants. It is Johns judgment that six years into the war in Iraq, we should keep spending $10 billion a month indefinitely at a time Iraq is running an $80 billion surplus.

And John McCain continues to insist, against all the evidence and all the facts, that Iraq is the central front in the war on terrorism and not the mountains between Afghanistan and Pakistan where the people who actually attacked us on 9-11 reside and are regrouping.

John is more than wrong -- he is dangerously wrong. On a question so basic, so fundamental, so critical to our nations security, we cant afford a Commander-in Chief so divorced from reality and from Americas most basic national interests" Biden said.

Full text of remarks as prepared for delivery: http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/amandascott/gGgsmm

Interesting that McCain wants to duck out of tomorrow's debate, which is to be focused on foreign policy, isn't it!

Since McCain is tanking on economic issues, perhaps they don't want to risk losing McCain's supposed edge on foreign policy via the debate.

Hopefully it will get more mainstream attention. Keep McCain nervous.