Chuck Hagel Going To Iraq With Obama?

By Paddy


Tongues will wag. I'm thinking it's much more a show of bipartisanship than a test run for veep.

The Wall Street Journal reports: "The buzz this week that Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska is planning to join Sen. Barack Obama on an up-coming visit to Iraq is correct, two sources with knowledge of the trip confirmed Friday.

"While it is standard practice for such trips—known as CODELS, or congressional delegations—to be bipartisan, in this highly charged election year it is likely to raise eyebrows that the retiring Nebraskan senator—a prominent Iraq War critic—is the Republican expected to join the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee on what is sure to be a closely watched visit to the region."

"We are not commenting on that," Obama campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki told First Read.