Will's column, which is often considered highly representative of Republican sentiment, comes after McCain warned on Sunday that the GOP could become an isolationist party if it continues to call for a rapid withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan and end to U.S. involvement in NATO’s Libya campaign.
Since then McCain has come under fire from both Republicans and Democrats. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) criticized McCain’s views as “uninformed.” Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) said describing calls for withdrawal as isolationist was “completely off track.”