McCain conducted another blogger call today, talking this time from his campaign bus which is cruising across Iowa. McCain opened the call by referring back to his statement during the debate that the hypothetical scenario about an imminent Iranian threat is “closer to reality” than we might think. He said that he “was referring to the fact that many experts on the Iranian nuclear buildup believe that the Iranians are within two years approximately of having sufficient nuclear material…[to develop] a nuclear weapon.” He added that during the Cold War the CIA “consistently underestimated the advances the then Soviet Union would make.” He also weighed in on Romney’s comment during the debate that his first move when confronted with evidence of an imminent threat from Iran would be to sit down with his lawyers. McCain said his “response about calling in the lawyers is just inexperience, it’s just a product of inexperience.” The WWS asked Senator McCain whether he had any faith in a diplomatic solution that would bring a halt to the flow of Iranian weapons and fighters into Iraq. While McCain did not directly address the question, preferring instead to echo his earlier statements that we should not “telegraph” our intentions before taking action, McCain did put an interesting spin on his answer this time, pointing to the effect of Ronald Reagan’s inauguration on the Iranian hostage crisis: