Yesterday we published a post by James Vega predicting that conservatives are beginning a "stab in the back" propaganda effort aimed at arguing that Democrats threaten to squander an ongoing military victory in Iraq, partly by using lots of action verbs attributing every positive development in the country to the force of arms.

As commenter Joe Corso pointed out, conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer abundantly confirmed Vega's prediction this very morning, with a piece that described a long series of events in Iraq as part of an invincible surge-related campaign.

Interestingly enough, Krauthammer's heroic spin was ostensibly aimed at convincing John McCain to make the victory-or-disgrace argument on Iraq the very centerpiece of his entire general-election campaign.

Let's hope McCain is listening.