Cut and run Republicans?

The clearest indicator that Iraq is a debacle and the GOP knows it came from Bill Frist today. The opening lines from this AP story speak volumes:

CONCORD, N.H. - Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist says if Republican candidates want to succeed on Election Day, they should turn their focus away from the Iraq war.

"The challenge is to get Americans to focus on pocketbook issues, and not on the Iraq and terror issue," Frist said in an interview with the Concord Monitor on Tuesday.

The Republicans are cutting and running from a policy position they own. They must know that not talking up the war gives aid and comfort to the terrorists. Does Bill Frist hate America?