McCain attacks Democrats on Iraq

Bashing his Democratic rivals for pushing "a hasty, reckless, and irresponsible withdrawal," Sen. John McCain on Monday took the first shot in the political fight over Gen. David Petraeus' Senate scheduled testimony today on the progress of the Iraq war.

McCain, who has tied his Republican bid for the White House to the U.S. troop buildup in Iraq, told the National Veterans of Foreign Wars in Kansas City, Mo., that goals for Iraq are within reach.

Backing out now would trigger massive unrest that would require the U.S. to storm back into the country to restore order, he said, blasting Democratic Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton for a "failure of leadership."