Leading Republicans in Congress on Thursday declared that troop withdrawal legislation should be scrapped because the United States has made significant progress in the Iraq war, just as Democrats were resuming efforts to bring soldiers home.

We have them despite our own incompetence. The first person to understand that will be President.

Their Presidential candidates are fighting for the last seat on the Titanic:

McCain was ready and eager to stress his muscular position in favor of the "surge" in Iraq, and he had plenty of opportunity to do so. The key moment came after Romney said the surge was "apparently working," and McCain challenged him. "No, not apparently, it's working," McCain responded sharply.

Romney, the ex-governor of Massachusetts, said he wants to wait to hear from General David Petraeus, the American commander in Iraq who will testify before Congress next week, before rendering a less equivocal verdict.

That's the reality. We suck eggs, they suck balls. Apparently that's a huge difference.

p.p.s. God Romney is just a lying machine. Dude's betting on the incredible ability of GOP rank and file to engage in wholesale self-deception. If he gets the nomination, he will be more anti-Iraq War than all but Kucinich.