Barack Obama and Congressional Democrats have made Iraq a key wedge issue to help bolster Democrats' prospects in November. As the level of violence has plummeted in the wake of the surge that both Barack Obama and Joe Biden opposed (and John McCain backed very early despite opposition from many in his own party), Democrats have fastened on a variety of other metrics to portray Iraq as a failure. One of these measures was the inability of Iraqi politicians to pass an election law-a key step in its progress towards becoming a more fully democratic nation. Yesterday, Iraq's Parliament did pass a crucial election law. This from a story by Erica Goode in the New York Times where it is seen...by many Iraqi and American officials as crucial for the nation to heal its deep-running political and religious fissures and also to shore up the fragile security gains that have been achieved in recent months. ... the bill’s passage represents a significant achievement for a country...(Read Full Post)