International Herald Tribune
By Michael Falcone
Published: August 15, 2008

Senator John McCain, has seized nearly every opportunity to display his foreign policy credentials on the predominant issue of the week: the conflict between Russia and Georgia.

Only once, early in the week, has Obama publicly discussed the conflict, when he emerged from his beachfront rental home to condemn Russia’s escalation, in a way that seemed timed for the evening television news.

He took no questions whose answers might demonstrate command of the issue. McCain and his surrogates, however, have discussed the situation nearly every day on the campaign trail, often taking a hard line against Russia to the point of declaring the other day: “We are all Georgians.”

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