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McCain, Obama in heated exchange over Iraq
McCain and Obama engaged in a pointed exchange over al Qaeda in Iraq on Wednesday. McCain questioned whether Obama was aware of the al Qaeda base. Obama's response was: "There was no such thing as al Qaeda in Iraq until George Bush and John McCain decided to invade Iraq." McCain's comments in response to Obama's remarks made Tuesday night in a debate with Clinton. Obama was asked if the president would have the right to go back into Iraq in order to suppress an insurrection after downsizing the U.S. troop presence. Obama stated that if al Qaeda is forming a base in Iraq, then he will have to act in a way that secures the American homeland.
A statement by McCain's stated to Obama's remark that maybe Obama is unaware that al Qaeda is still present in Iraq and that our forces are successfully fighting them every day, and that his Iraq policy of withdrawal would embolden al Qaeda and weaken the US security. Obama said the question he was asked during the debate was a "big hypothetical." McCain is statistically tied with Obama, 44 percent to 42 percent, and ahead of Clinton by 6 points, 46%to 40%. The poll also showed McCain with a 61 percent approval rating, a number higher than both Clinton's and Obama's in past polls.
Opinion
I honestly think that Obama knew exactly what kind of question he just doesn't want people to be thinking bad about him. I though that McCain was finished and out of the candidate run but i guess not. I think that no one actually really knows what to do in regard to the Iraq war. It is very difficult to know what to do in regard to stop the Iraq war.

International
Newborn survives fall through train toilet
A newborn baby girl fell through the toilet in a moving train and onto the tracks moments after her mother prematurely gave birth, surviving nearly two hours before being found. The child's mother, named Bhuri, was traveling with relatives on an overnight train when she went to the bathroom shortly before midnight Tuesday and unexpectedly gave birth to a baby girl.
She fell unconscious and the baby fell through the toilet. Two stations later, the mother's relatives knocked at the door ad the mother opened the door soaked with blood. Toilets on Indian trains usually have holes that open directly onto the tracks. The baby was on the rail track for almost 1½ to two hours. The baby was eight to 10 weeks premature and weighed only 3.22 pounds. She had a low heart rate and body temperature.
Opinion
This is a hard story to believe. I can't believe that the baby actually survived this eventhiugh she was born before 9 months and that she fell through the toilet. This is a real miracle. But it is also hard to believe that the mother did not know that she was going to give birth. I think that a mother knows exactly when she is going to give birth. I think this case should be investigated because maybe the mother wanted to do an abortion.