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Thursday, June 22, 2006 12:00 AM

Cut n run vs. lie n die

What Congress talks about when it talks about war.
Michael Scherer

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  • Thursday, June 22, 2006 10:33 AM

    A Little Accidental Honesty

    "People who attended a series of high-level meetings this month between White House and Congressional officials say President Bush's aides argued that it could be a politically fatal mistake for Republicans to walk away from the war in an election year."

    To paraphrase John Kerry from so long ago:

    "How do you ask a someone to be the last man to die for the Republican Party?"

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