McCain: Current Iraq Plan Is Best Option

McCain: Current Iraq Plan Is Best Option
By MIKE BAKER

The Associated PressSaturday, May 26, 2007; 8:30 PM

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain, comparing the U.S. effort in Iraq to military campaigns like the Normandy invasion, said Saturday the current plan is the only decent option.

The Arizona senator has criticized Democrats for failing to consider "Plan B" _ or the consequences of withdrawing troops.

McCain said in an interview with The Associated Press that he is only focused on figuring out how to make the current military plan work. A new course, he said, won't be considered until the end of the year.

"I believe that General (Dwight) Eisenhower didn't have a Plan B at Normandy, and I don't think that General (Ulysses S.) Grant had a plan B when he decided to take Richmond," said McCain, referring to turning-point battles in World War II and the Civil War. "I know of a number of other options _ the problem is, none of them are any good."