Earlier this week, a prominent politician went on national television raising questions about the Bush administration's policy in Iraq. Here are parts of what he said:
"Did, in fact, individuals high up in the administration shape and mold this analysis of intelligence to serve their own purposes? I don't know. . . . We need to get the facts out, because this is in the interests of this administration. There's a cloud hanging over this administration."
He continued: "We can't shoulder this burden alone. We are stretched so thin in so many areas that we just can't carry it. That's why we need the United Nations. We need NATO. We need our friends in this. It's serious. We didn't think through this very well before we got into it and we're now dealing with the consequences of not thinking through this."
Who was this politician? Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.)? Dean perhaps?
No, it was Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) recipient of two Purple Hearts earned during his tour in Vietnam.