New spin, Now not about voter turnout, but about cost of war

Stakes are high for Bush
George McGovern/The SF Chronicle Original Article

In the days and months leading up to today's election in Iraq, many young Americans died trying to defeat Iraqi insurgents. American forces fought bravely, as they always do, in breaking the grip of Saddam Hussein and his army. But now Iraq is the scene of an escalating insurgency aimed at American soldiers and those Iraqis who support the American occupation.