As an Iraqi soldier describes life on the ground as pretty much sitting around and waiting to get blown up, Team Chimpy stages another ‘surprise’ visit with Maliki hoping to stick around in D.C. for a while (when D.C. is a safer place to be, then you know you have it bad).

John Stewart has some thoughts on the visit:

Also, AJ from AmericaBlog has a nice little analysis on the groundbreaking, going-to-solve-all-our-problems troop movement to Baghdad while digby graces us with a rundown on life in modern Iraq.

And for a TDS bonus, Stewart asks McCain, “How much safer can the world afford to have him make us?”