 McCain replied that he didn't think so – even if there were no (ongoing) casualties, saying "I can see an American presence for a while.But eventually I think because of the nature of the society in Iraq and the religious aspects of it that America eventually withdraws.On January 3, 2008, at a campaign stop in Derry, New Hampshire, when a questioner said, "President Bush has talked about our staying in Iraq for 50 years," McCain responded