"If I was running Al-Qaeda in Iraq, I would put a circle around March 2008, and pray, as many times as possible, for a victory not only for Obama, but also for the Democrats."

- John Howard, interview with Laurie Oakes, Sunday, 11.2.07

Yes, the interview in which John Howard gets into a slanging match with the junior senator for Illinois and raised such a ruckus Stateside, is nowhere to be found among the comprehensive eleven-year transcript archive on www.pm.gov.au. At least Channel Nine retains a copy on its Sunday website among the Sphere of Influence's weekly political interviews.