Today, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is in Iraq.

He's making his pitch to withdraw one to two brigades a month from Iraq, and send more U.S. troops to Afghanistan. His proposal seemed to get a nod from Iraq's prime minister, ahead of their meeting today.

Barack Obama meets with General David Petraeus, too.

Obama used his stop in Kabul to call for a shift in U.S. focus away from Iraq.

He met with Afghanistan's president, ate with U.S. troops, and made his point.

Sen. Barack Obama says "there's starting to be a growing consensus that it's time for us to withdraw some of our combat troops out of Iraq, deploy them here in Afghanistan, and I think we have to seize that opportunity."

Obama seemed to get a boost from Iraq's prime minister on his 16-month pullout plan.

In an interview with a German magazine, Nouri al-Maliki said quote "it could be suitable to end the presence of U.S. forces in Iraq."

Was he endorsing Obama for president? Aides to Iraq's leader insisted no. But agreement between the two would deal a blow to Republican John McCain.

McCain said he's not surprised Iraqis want pullout. Security gains he said are because of the surge he supported and Obama opposed.

Sen. John McCain said "Senator Obama chose a path which was very wrong and is wrong today. And if we had done what he wanted to do, we would be facing enormous challenges and probably the risk of a much wider war."

Polls show Obama is ahead on who would improve the U.S. image abroad. His trip, complete with a freshly painted plane, is threat enough to Republicans, McCain is out with his first negative ad.

McCain insists conditions on the ground should dictate troop pullout from Iraq, not a pre-set timetable.

McCain is trying to hold onto what polls show is voter confidence in him as commander in chief. With Obama in Iraq, McCain holds campaign events in Maine.