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Candidates differ sharply on Iraq course of action

ORLANDO, Fla. - John McCain told fellow veterans yesterday that his Democratic rival Barack Obama tried to legislate failure in Iraq and has refused to admit he erred when opposing the military increase there last year.

McCain said Obama placed his political self-interest ahead of his country's, a theme the Arizona Republican has often repeated.

McCain told a friendly convention of the...

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