NBC's Matt Lauer Signals New Line on Petraeus Report on Iraq: 'It Doesn't Matter'

Published: August 9, 2007, 10:19 pm

Tags: 2008 presidential, campaigns amp amp elections, iraq, john mccain, john roberts, matt lauer, american morning, cnn, nbc, today

The tide may be turning now with glimmers of good news emerging out of Iraq. On Thursday's Today, Matt Lauer's questions to John McCain signaled that success in Iraq won't be an impediment to Democrats sticking with the doom line and demanding rapid "redeployment." Suddenly, the once-crucial Petraeus report in September is now developing into a so-what moment: LAUER: "You, you've been in Congress a long time, in the Senate for an awfully long time. You now which way the wind is blowing. There are some people who say, Senator, that the momentum, right now, in Congress is so strong to pull the troops out of Iraq that it doesn't matter what's in that report, in the middle of September from General Petraeus, or even in reports that follow that. Even if we start to change momentum in Iraq and start to see more success, the momentum in Congress is already so strong that it's unstoppable. How do you feel about that?" McCAIN: "We are, we are winning there. The

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