so i think the feeling is, look. these troops have really sacrificed over the past 7 1/2 years. this is a moment that deserves attention. savannah, is the white house, are they prepared for apparently a building crescendo of criticism from the left with regard to the president s discussion last night of president bush s role in iraq? and he was generous to the president. yeah. i think they wouldn t be surprised to get that criticism. i mean, how soon we forget in some ways that early on in the presidential campaign, iraq was the defining issue. i mean, that was the skurveling block for hillary clinton in her early primary days because she had voted yes for the war in iraq and president obama presented himself as the anti-war candidate. this was the issue behind the campaign and why a lot of people voted for president obama certainly in the early going. it was clear the white house is trying to strike a ballast night reminding everyone where the president initially stood on the