Is Senator Hagel the new McCain?

As a strong critic of the President's Iraq policy, Sen. Chuck Hagel is receiving lots of attention. Chris Cilizza provides an overview of why Sen. Hagel would make a good candidate in 2008, and this article in Newsday compares Sen. Hagel to the new McCain. As the article points out:

As a Republican critical of the Bush policy in Iraq, Hagel is infinitely more valuable to the anti-war cause than a mere Democrat. After all, nobody is surprised anymore when a Democrat opposes the war, but it's notable when a Republican breaks ranks with his own party's president - especially when he uses such punchy language, referring to the Iraq surge as the "most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since Vietnam."

Below is the fantastic video (again) of Sen. Hagel commenting on the Iraq resolution the day after the President's State of the Union address:

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