CT Blue

There must be a backstory to all this. Sure, Bush lies all the time, but how often does the White House basically admit it:

CNN reports:

President Bush was told in August that Iran’s nuclear weapons program ‘may be suspended,’ the White House said Wednesday, which seemingly contradicts the account of the meeting given by Bush Tuesday.”

The White House statement released by Dana Perino tonight also states McConnell told Bush “the new information might cause the intelligence community to change its assessment of Iran’s covert nuclear program.”

One must wonder why the word “seemingly” is in there. The statement directly contradicted Bush.

Could it be that McConnell served notice on the White House that if they didn’t “correct” Bush’s statement, McConnell would go public. After all, Bush was, in effect, accusing him of being an incompetent, if not worse.