TROOP SURGE TO BE KNOWN AS "MCCAIN DOCTRINE"

Former Senator John Edwards of North Carolina, who is running for the Democratic presidential nomination, recently referred to the plan for a troop increase as the "McCain Doctrine." Senator John McCain has not shied away from the label. "If it destroys any ambitions I may have, I'm willing to pay that price gladly," McCain said. “I have always wanted a doctrine named after me. In fact, some people are more celebrated for their doctrines than for their presidencies. Take the Monroe Doctrine, for example. Marilyn’s doctrine that proclaimed European powers should no longer colonize or interfere with the affairs of the Americas is of great historical importance, yet we never hear about any of her other accomplishments in the White House.”