Is the Straight Talk Express in Reverse gear?

Congresswoman Heather Wilson is a McCain surrogate. To her credit, she has serious national security street cred, but that also means that it's doubtful she made a misstatement when she speaks about the War in Iraq.
Today, she said that McCain might actually have the ability to bring troops home before Obama.

"He'd like troops to come home earlier than 16 months if the conditions allow it," said Congresswoman Heather Wilson of New Mexico, on a conference call with reporters just now. "Senator Obama has said it's a 16-month timeline no matter what."

If this weren't about a hollowing military, broken families back home, and losing a grip on Afghanistan, I'd be laughing at the Republicans. But this is real world folks.