Bush gets summer flip flops

The next time Kerry gets accused of flip flopping, I'll just call it a change in policy:

In a shift of U.S. policy, the Bush administration announced this week that it will oppose provisions for inspections and verification as part of an international treaty that would ban production of nuclear-weapons materials.

For several years the United States and other nations have been pursuing the treaty, which would ban new production by any state of highly enriched uranium and plutonium for weapons.

How will that impact the strong war on terror?

Administration officials declined to explain in detail how they believed U.S. security would be harmed by creating a plan to monitor the treaty.

Arms-control specialists reacted negatively, saying the change in U.S. position will dramatically weaken any treaty and make it harder to prevent nuclear materials from falling into the hands of terrorists.

Maybe Bush isn't so strong in that war after all. I thought this sort of thing was his first priority. That would mean, no matter what the justification for this move is, that top priority line is a lie, right?