Lindsey Graham struck by blinding flash of the obvious

I think someone needs to get the new talking points. From the AP:

We're on the verge of chaos, and the current plan is not working," Sen. Lindsey Graham (news, bio, voting record), R-S.C., said in an Associated Press interview. U.S. and Iraqi officials should be held accountable for the lack of progress, said Graham, a Republican who is a frequent critic of the administration's policies.

Asked who in particular should be held accountable — Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, perhaps, or the generals leading the war — Graham said: "All of them. It's their job to come up with a game plan" to end the violence.

Graham is a military guy, so I think he understands, all be it belatedly, just how bad things are and how incapable the current defense establishment is. Contrast that with what Bush and Tony Snow have ben saying.

Bush, in a CNBC interview, said, "Well, I've been talking about a change in tactics ever since I — ever since we went in, because the role of the commander in chief is to say to our generals, `You adjust to the enemy on the battlefield.'" conference.

White House press secretary Tony Snow said the United States would adjust its Iraq strategy but would not issue any ultimatums to the Iraqis. "Are there dramatic shifts in policy? The answer is no," Snow said Monday.

He acknowledged, however, that Bush no longer is saying that the United States will "stay the course" in Iraq.

"He stopped using it," Snow said of that phrase, adding that it left the impression that the administration was not adjusting its strategy to realities in Baghdad.

So, Republican lawmakers that whole-heartedly supported the invasion are having their “come to Jesus” moment and are looking for the Administration to do something concrete. The Administration, however, can’t dramatically change strategy as that would be tantamount to admitting that their plan is flawed. And as we all know, the Pope and George Bush are infallible. Instead, the Administration changes their language. The frame of “stay the course” versus “cut and run” has failed. They have no choice but to say that we are changing tactics, even though nothing is really going to change on the ground. Our Commander in Chief is clearly more interested in fighting the PR war than the actual shooting war. What a disgrace…