megyn: last time around senator obama was campaigning on getting us out of these wars and he won the younger veterans. this time around he increased the troops in afghanistan but has set a deadline for withdrawal. we are all but out of iraq. he's not running against a decorated war veteran this time around. what do you glean from that? >> i'm delighted that he's interested in the military vote and the family vote. i think that's a plus. now in direct contrast to that is:he doesn't get the absentee ballots out in the states he's not going to get that vote. if he's trying to get the votes and he doesn't get the states to get the ballots out on time that will be a problem. the strategy we have in afghanistan is not a successful strategy. we can still win with a smaller number of troops. we need to go to a