As Barack Obama earns plaudits around the globe, the Bush administration is embracing the central tenets of Obama’s foreign policy, as voters did long ago, leaving John McCain alone and isolated in an arena he once claimed as his strength.

Majorities of Americans have endorsed Obama’s call for a timetable to bring combat troops home from Iraq since at least early 2007. Gallup recently found 60 percent in support of “set[ting] a timetable for removing troops from Iraq and stick[ing]” to it, while just 35 percent were willing to back McCain’s position and “keep a significant number of troops there until the situation there gets better.”

Iraqis agree. A majority there has long demanded a swift American withdrawal. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki added his voice to the chorus, telling Der Spiegel, “Barack Obama is right when he talks about 16 months