I heard an interesting theory concerning all this, either on Neal Boortz’s radio show or Rush’s... I can’t remember which...... he said that he thinks Hillary and Obama need and want all the donated money from organizations like moveon.org so they have to look as though they oppose the war. Once the primary’s are over and/or they think they have gotten all the money they need from the radical left then they can move towards the center on the issue (as though they now see the light) and attempt to capture the votes of some of the huge majority of Americans who know now that the war is winning and doing a lot of good. Then of course once elected, they think they can assume the position of commander in chief and take all the credit for winning the war.
What you say is much like what usually happens. The most firebrand (insert political leaning) usually moves to the center, after being elected President.