Timing Is Everything

Dana Milbank at the Washington Post rounded up three years worth of quotes to show us how the "next few months" are always the most critical in the Iraq War.

The selections include:

"We've got, I think, six months." -- Sen. John W. Warner (R-VA), Nov. 17, 2005

"We are entering a make-or-break six-month period." -- Sen. John F. Kerry (D-MA), Oct. 26, 2005

"The next six to seven months are critical." -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY), Dec. 1, 2003

"The next three-to-six months will be critical." -- Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), Sept. 10, 2003

Gotta figure that with the President's new victory strategy for Iraq out in the open now, the next few months will be critical. (WashPost)