WH pushback Pt.3

Setting the Record Straight: The New York Times Editorial on Pre-War Intelligence

I wonder if this begins to get a little harder for them as the Senate rebuke begins. So, we were wrong once, so we should just shut up? No. Chuck Hagel explained it yesterday:

Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) strongly criticized yesterday the White House's new
line of attack against critics of its Iraq policy, saying that "the Bush
administration must understand that each American has a right to question our
policies in Iraq and should not be demonized for disagreeing with them."
[...]
"To question your government is not unpatriotic -- to not question
your government is unpatriotic," Hagel said, arguing that 58,000 troops died in
Vietnam because of silence by political leaders. "America owes its men and women
in uniform a policy worthy of their sacrifices."

Funny that re-election concerns trumps blind allegience to a lame-duck President.