For the second day in a row, Obama touched on the Iraq war and blasted what he called "Bush-McCain politics." In West Virginia today:

"Because of the Bush-McCain politics, our debt has ballooned. This is creating problems in our fragile economy," Obama told the Charleston, West Virginia, crowd.

Much of the speech was spent attempting to connect McCain with President Bush uin an attempt to paint McCain as responsible for the negatives of the war.

Obama complimented former President George H.W. Bush, saying he understood how important it was to manage the costs of war, but reserved no mercy for the current President.

"None of this has been the case in the war George W. Bush and John McCain have waged the current Iraq war," he added.

Obama asserted that McCain "refuses" to learn from the "failures" of the Bush years and claimed instead of offering an exit strategy from Iraq, McCain is offering a 100-year occupation.

"John McCain seems determined to carry out a third Bush-term," Obama said.

McCain communications director Jill Hazelbaker emails the campaign response:

Today Senator Obama once again displayed how fundamentally wrong he is on the central issues facing America's future: our economy and national security.

On the economy, Senator Obama offers the tired tax and spend ideas of the past. He promises higher taxes on middle class families at a time when they're hurting the most, and massive spending increases and big government programs sure to stifle the economic growth that produces jobs for hardworking Americans.

On national security, Senator Obama would rather rehash the past than look forward with resolve to address fundamental challenges and opportunities we have today to secure our future. He has embraced an irresponsible policy of withdrawing our troops from Iraq without regard for the conditions on the ground, the advice of our military commanders or the consequences of failure, which his own top advisor called unrealistic.

This election provides the American people with a clear choice, and we look forward to the debate on these issues should Senator Obama secure his Party's nomination.