I am not an economist but isn't this obvious to everybody?

The heck with Congress' big stimulus bill. The way to get the country out of recession — and most people think we're in one — is to get the country out of Iraq, according to an Associated Press-Ipsos poll.

Pulling out of the war ranked first among proposed remedies in the survey, followed by spending more on domestic programs, cutting taxes and, at the bottom end, giving rebates to poor people in hopes they'll spend the economy into recovery.

This is why John McCain is so vulnerable in a national election. He wants to stay in Iraq indefinitely.

Obama could easily beat him using just this one issue.

But of course Obama has much more then that at his disposal.