Bush's number two

I realize that the Bush administration is searching for any semblance of good news in the war to trumpet up as success, but didn't they think that someone would look into the claims that the now dead Abu Azzam was the number two man in Al Qaeda? Or does the administration just realize that a big headline followed by a page four retraction will still garner positive news?

Either way it's a little pathetic to have to resort to questionable claims to prop up public support for the war in Iraq.

Don't get me wrong - any dead insurgent is a good thing. But stop embellishing the truth, Mr. President. It's just going to make the war look even worse to the country than it already does.