Biden Takes Aim At McCain's Foreign Policy

In what could be a preview of the Democrats’ main foreign policy attack in the fall, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Joe Biden (D-Del.) is expected to criticize Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) for his support of the Iraq war and argue that “there is no daylight” between the presumptive Republican nominee and President Bush in a speech at Georgetown University.

“John McCain remains wedded to the Bush Administration’s myopic view of a world defined by terrorism,” Biden will say according to prepared remarks obtained by Politico.

Biden will deliver the speech, entitled “2008 and the stakes for America’s security,” at the Washington, DC school on Tuesday afternoon.

“He would continue to allow a tiny minority to set the agenda for the overwhelming majority. It is time for a total change in Washington’s world view.”

Biden has repeatedly criticized McCain for his stance on the Iraq war, arguing that McCain, like President Bush wants to keep "treading water" in Iraq.

For his part, McCain has argued that " our vital security interests are at stake in Iraq," and that the consequences of failure in the country would be high.

"If we withdraw hastily and irresponsibly, we will guarantee the trouble will come immediately," McCain said in a speech last week.

Biden will also not mince words in his criticism of the Bush administration.

“This administration has focused to the point of obsession on the so-called “war on terrorism.” It has made fear the main driver of our foreign policy. It has turned a deadly serious but manageable threat – a small number of radical groups that hate America – into a ten-foot tall existential monster that dictates nearly every move we make.

Rumors continue to swirl that Biden is a candidate for secretary of state in either a Clinton or an Obama administration, although Biden has downplayed the talk.