Can any Republican give a straight answer to the McCain’s escalation?

Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., is unsure about the “surge” option in Iraq. He told the Washington Post he would favor more troops only it they were a “precursor” to political stability. “A short-term buildup in troops, if it simply is to impose military order without the possibility of political equilibrium, that doesn’t seem to me to be too farsighted,” he said. “We have got to get to some acceptable balance between the Sunnis and Shiites. We cannot impose a military solution.”

Something to say?