Jim Geraghty: "Aren't Obama's comments to Zebari — presuming they're being characterized accurately — a glaring contradiction of the Obama campaign's constant declaration of 'profound differences' with McCain on the Iraq War? Isn't a large chunk of his support from the Democratic grassroots built on this notion that a President Obama would bring the troops home quickly? Is a trip by Austan Goolsbee to the Iraqi embassy the next step? Will there be private assurances that Obama's Iraq stand on the campaign trail is 'more reflective of political maneuvering than policy'?"
UPDATE: Abe Greenwald: "Remember Those Iraqi Benchmarks? Well, Guess What… Democrats no longer talk of the 18 benchmarks for measuring progress in Iraq because so much progress has now taken place."
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