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McCain Losing Home State Support Because Of Iraq War Stance

McCain Losing Home State Support Because Of Iraq War Stance
The Los Angeles Times
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No one is ready to declare McCain vulnerable in Arizona -- he won 76.7% of the vote in 2004 and doesn't face reelection until 2010 -- but, for the first time in a long time, political analysts and watchers say they see signs of weakness.

The cause is the same force weighing down McCain nationally: The war in Iraq is just as unpopular in Arizona as elsewhere, and it has cost McCain support among independents, the state's fastest-growing block of voters.

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