"We're succeeding [in Iraq]. I don't care what anybody says. I've seen the facts on the ground." --John McCain, March 24, 2008
VERSUS
Heavy fighting has erupted in Iraq's southern city of Basra between Iraqi security forces and members of the Mehdi Army...[t]he powerful militia loyal to radical Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr. --BBC News, March 25, 2008, 6:45 GMT