GEORGE WILL GETS IT...

Well, considering this is December, Will may have stolen the idea from someone else:

First, Will's statement:

Romney, McCain set 'selves up
My opinion George F. Will
Tucson, Arizona Published: 12.17.2006
The Iraq Study Group's report increased the likelihood that John McCain soon might have to abandon either his current recommendation regarding Iraq or the moral judgment that is the basis of that recommendation.

Now, a more reality-based statement:

FLASHBACK: McCain Said Sending Of More Troops "Not Going To Happen"
By Greg Sargent bio
Nov 25, 2006 -- 09:24 AM EST

If McCain thinks "we will not win" the war if more troops aren't sent, and he also thinks the sending of more troops is "not going to happen," then isn't it time for him to proclaim the war lost?