Rummy, we unfortunately knew you.
Bush knew that Rumsfeld was going all along, even when asked last week. As the WaPo notes:
Asked about that comment, Bush said he made it because "I didn't want to inject a major decision about this war in the final days of a campaign," Bush said. He appeared to acknowledge having misled reporters, saying, "And so the only way to answer that question and to get you onto another question was to give you that answer."
He added later, "Win or lose, Bob Gates was going to become the nominee."
A convenient lie from an administration that lies pathologically.
(HT to Crooks & Liars for the WaPo quote)
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