Mother Jones reports that after the 2026 midterms, JD Vance and John Bolton are blaming Donald Trump's war with Iran for the Republican losses—Vance writing "The reason we lost is the war" and calling for its end, while Bolton pins the conflict on Trump's yes-men; a late October CBS/YouGov poll found 62 percent of Americans considered ending the war very important. The magazine argues Vance ignored the GOP's unpopular immigration and domestic record, predicts no viable 2028 candidate can run pro-war, and finds Bolton's reversal striking from a man who has long urged bombing Iran.