Graham gives thumbs-down to dovish field

Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of his party's most vocal hawks and an enthusiastic 2008 John McCain supporter, tells The Wall Street Journal exactly what he thought of Monday night's event in New Hampshire:

Advertisement "I was incredibly disappointed," Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said. "No one seemed to have a passion for the idea that we're fighting radical Islam and the center of that battle is Afghanistan."

Four years ago, it was in part their shared support for America's wars that helped bring together Graham, McCain and independent Sen. Joe Lieberman as a campaign team. But this is a debate that's moving away from Graham's position, and it's almost impossible to imagine a similar pro-war troika forming today or being a political asset if it did.