Can't regain the will to win a war once it's lost.

Salon has a story on John McCain and his view on the Vietnam War.

The article makes the point that McCain, although a hero, had an unrealistic view of the our chances for success in Vietnam.

McCain is of the opinion that we could have won the Vietnam war.

How does this impact his view on winning in Iraq? Well, he thinks we can win that one too.

I don't know about you, but we cannot afford to have a president who labors under the delusion that we could have won the Vietnam War, but only if we fought longer and harder. I know he had the personal will to win that war after what he suffered there, but that doesn't translate into the reality of actually winning.

The problem with losing the Vietnam War, according to McCain, is that we lost the will to win.

I got news for the Senator: Once a nation loses the will to win a war, you cannot get it back.