According to NBC’s Tim Russert, President Bush made what might be his least credible claim ever in a meeting with Republican members of Congress about Iraq (video starts at 08:07 in this clip):

RUSSERT: The president responded, “I don’t want to pass this off to another president. I don’t want to pass this off, particularly, to a Democratic president,” underscoring he understood how serious the situation was.

Right, except for all the stalling tactics designed to pass this off to another president. Does anyone doubt that Bush will ask for another six months to allow the “surge” to work in September? And then another six months?