Reid is leading the Democrats' attack on the president over the war in Iraq, but because the minority leader wears such a big, soft mitten over his hamfistedness, it's difficult to appreciate how lame the attack really is. When asked to explain his vote for the war the other day he said, "I based [the vote] on a number of things: yellowcake; aluminum tubes; secret meetings by Iraqi agents in Europe; training facilities in Iraq; training terrorists. All these things simply were not true."

Never mind that these were not the reasons he offered at the time for his vote. Never mind that he had access to much of the same intelligence as the White House. Never mind he voted for the removal of Saddam in 1998. Never mind that simply because these things were not true doesn't mean the president lied. Never mind, never mind, never mind.

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You don't hear about any of this from the "Bush lied" Dems because they're following Reid's lead. And, as they say, the fish rots from the head down.