LIMA, Ohio - Republican presidential candidate John McCain is accusing his Democratic rival, Barack Obama, of wanting to forfeit the war in Iraq in spite of gains there. McCain told people gathered Thursday for a town-hall meeting in Lima, Ohio, that the U.S. is finally winning in Iraq but that the Illinois senator wants to forfeit. McCain says Obama's agenda can be boiled down to growing a government that's already too big and raising taxes that are already too high.
As part of his campaign swing in Ohio, McCain was meeting with people who would be affected by the loss of a shipping site, a possible outcome of a deal his campaign merger helped to facilitate. Shutting down the site could cost 8,000 jobs.