According to a national poll from AP/Yahoo News, more people believe that McCain can handle the war in Iraq better than Obama. 76% of Republicans, 31% of independents and 15% of Democrats said McCain would best handle Iraq, while 57% of Democrats, 19% of independents and 8% of Republicans feel Obama would do a better job. Overall, 39% said McCain would better handle Iraq and 33% said Obama.

AP/Yahoo News is tracking the moods and opinions of the same 2,714 people over the course of the campaign. For this installment, they polled 1,759 people (844 Dems, 637 GOPers) from June 13-23.

Also tested was who would handle terrorism better. Republicans favored McCain 78%-2% over Obama; independents did as well with a 37%-7% margin. Democrats were split, favoring Obama 38%-21% over McCain.