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There's no doubt that last year Romney was trying to give himself wiggle room on Iraq while McCain was fully embracing the surge-- that's why there was all the talk of him losing anti-war independents in New Hampshire. But with that said, McCain clearly owned the surge issue, so there was really no reason for him to open this line of attack and allow Romney to gain the moral high ground.
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