Along with several other bloody attacks in Iraq today, we have this:

The latest massacre of Iraqi children came as 21 Shia market workers were ambushed, bound and shot dead north of the capital. The victims came from the Baghdad market visited the previous day by John McCain, the US presidential candidate, who said that an American security plan in the capital was starting to show signs of progress.

I certainly hope these murders are not connected to the visit by our government officials, but it’s impossible not to wonder.