HONORING SOLDIERS-- AND A DAY FOR POLITICS. SENATOR JOHN McCAIN BRINGS HIS PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN TO ALBUQUERQUE-- SENATOR BARACK OBAMA-- LAS CRUCES. BOTH WITH MEMORIAL DAY MESSAGE OF SUPPORTING TROOPS FIGHTING IN IRAQ. STUART DYSON BEGINS OUR CAMPAIGN TRAIL COVERAGE LIVE IN DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE-- WITH SENATOR MCCAIN’S REMARKS. THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN - SURE TO WIN HIS PARTY'S NOMINATION - KNOWS MORE ABOUT THE HORRORS OF WAR THAN MOST AMERICANS - BUT SAYS WE'VE GOT TO STAY IN IRAQ AND WIN. THE SEVENTY ONE YEAR OLD FORMER AIR FORCE FIGHTER PILOT SPENT YEARS AS A PRISONER OF WAR IN VIETNAM - TELLING A CROWD AT ALBUQUERQUE'S VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK THAT THE U.S. WILL FACE WIDESPREAD THREATS IN THE FUTURE IF WE DON'T STAY IN IRAQ UNTIL WE'RE VICTORIOUS. LATER McCAIN TOLD ME IT'S A CLEAR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HIM AND DEMOCRATIC FRONTRUNNER BARRACK OBAMA. ' They're gonna hear my support for the men and women who are serving in this military - and we will not surrender as senator Obama wants us to do -we will succeed in Iraq and we will bring our troops home in victory and honor.' McCAIN ALSO TALKED TO ME ABOUT GAS PRICES - AND HIS GOALS TO GET US OFF OUR DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OIL - THAT STORY COMING UP IN OUR NEWS AT FIVE. DOWNTOWN SD EWN4 NOT TO BE OUTDONE--- SENATOR BARACK OBAMA APPEARED IN LAS CRUCES THIS MORNING. INTRODUCED BY SUPPORTER-- GOVERNOR BILL RICHARDSON-- SENATOR OBAMA HONORED THE MILITARY SACRIFICE OF NEW MEXICO VETS-- WHILE PUSHING FOR BEEFING UP BENEFITS AND SUPPORTS TO TODAY'S SOLDIERS-- 'we've got to work on how the department of labor deals with our veterans. our young veterans are more likely to be unemployed, than civlians well that doesn't make any sense, and that means we aren't working effectively enough. THE SENATOR ALSO TALKED ABOUT IMPROVING TRAINING FOR SOLDIERS — INCLUDING TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGE SKILLS -- TO ADAPT TO A CHANGING BATTLE FRONT-- HE ALSO SAID HE WANTS MORE SUPPORT FOR CIVIL...