The vanishing election issue: foreign policy (The Toronto Star)

"McCain is hard to figure," says Michael Cohen of the New America Foundation, author of Live From the Campaign Trail: The Greatest Presidential Campaign Speeches of the 20th Century and How They Shaped Modern America.

"He hasn't done a critique of Bush's policy. He put pressure on the White House to say America wouldn't engage in torture, then he backed away. He can talk tough on Iran with Republican voters, but it isn't a great message for the election."

..."The most dramatic change will be a step back from unilateralism," says Cohen.