IMVHO, this is one H*** of a waffle/flip-flop/CYA:
Bush pays price for 'Mission Accomplished' sign
White House admits fault on banner seen to declare Iraq victory 5 years ago
WASHINGTON - The White House said Wednesday that President Bush has paid a price for the “Mission Accomplished” banner that was flown in triumph five years ago but later became a symbol of U.S. misjudgments and mistakes in the long and costly war in Iraq.
Thursday is the fifth anniversary of Bush’s dramatic landing in a Navy jet on an aircraft carrier homebound from the war. The USS Abraham Lincoln had launched thousands of airstrikes on Iraq.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24400896/
http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Apr...lished,00.html
McCain: 'Mission accomplished' banner not Bush's fault
http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008May...raqWar,00.html