MCCAIN: STEP UP DRUG WAR

Republican presidential hopeful John McCain on Sunday said the U.S.
should step up its war on drugs as part of efforts to secure the
country's borders.

He said that's because Americans are to blame for "creating the
demand" for illegal drugs that come into the country and give too much
power to drug cartels that terrorize border areas.

"We are creating the demand. We are creating the demand for these
drugs coming across our border, which maybe means that we should go
back more trying to make some progress and in telling Americans,
particularly young Americans, that the use of drugs is a terrible
thing for them to do," he said.

The Arizona senator spoke during an appearance at a central Iowa farm
where he devoted much of the conversation with a few dozen supporters
to foreign relations and immigration.