[wmbwinn]

"If you're looking for moderation, try searching outside the Two Party System..."

The election is always decided by moderates in the middle. The truth in your statement is that the moderates are usually choosing between two "hard core" polar opposites who do not really represent their moderate views.

This time, John McCain is truly a moderate overall. You can pick individual items like the military but I appreciate (and truly respect your knowledge and honesty) that you clearly stated that Obama (just like McCain) has said repeatedly when pushed that he has no plan to end the war abruptly or prematurely. Obama intends to seek victory just like McCain.

So, if you "delete" the military question from the debate (and most Americans blindly believe that Obama is going to end the war although Obama himself says he is not), then you are left with McCain as a populist moderate and Obama as a pro socialization liberal.

So, if you truly understand the war issue and truly want to aim at the center... then you are stuck with McCain.

And, for the record once again: I don't like McCain either. But, I sure can't vote for Obama.