Democratic Presidential Candidates Change Their Tune on Iraq

Did anyone else catch the Democratic hopefuls' mass change of tune on Iraq at their last Bush-bash...er.....debate?

I saw some clips of their responses on O'Reilly last week, and my jaw almost dropped.

All three Oval Office wannabes- Hillary, Obama and Edwards, when pressed, declined to promise that troops would be out of Iraq by the end of 2009.

Funny, that. Haven't they all assailed Bush constantly for keeping troops there?

Yes, when given the clear, explicit opportunity to put their money and promises where their mouths are, each one, individually, cited unforeseen circumstances and developments which might hinder their ability to implement the total withdrawal they've been pressing our sitting President to conduct.

Cynical, or just newly-cautious? I'd guess some of both, really.

All three Dems are becoming wary of the sound bite that will, well, bite her/him in the ass, come the general election campaign. None of them want to promise total withdrawal, only to have conditions change in mid-campaign, or seem too soft on terrorism.

If they are caving on such a knife's edge issue this early, what else will they waffle on in the coming months?

And what punishment will moveon.org extract from them for their transgressions?