So convenient to quote Cantwell's campaign manager, rather than Maria herself--is Maria "evolving" her position. Smacks of plausible deniability to me. Even then it's a hardly a call to bring them home now.
"McGavick loves to say he and Cantwell have the same position on the war. They did for about a minute.
"Cantwell voted for the war resolution in 2002 and has been reluctant to apologize for it or take it back, as other Democrats have.
"Her position, however, has been evolving. In May, she said 2006 should be a year of transition in Iraq. No one quite knew what that mushy sentence meant, but over time she has added new phrases and adjusted a bit.
"In June, she supported a resolution saying troop redeployment should begin by the end of the year. In July, her campaign manager, Michael Meehan, said the senator is for changing course and believes troops should begin coming home by the end of the year and "30,000 is not enough."
"Follow the bouncing ball.
"McGavick's position is closer to the president's. He is not for any so-called "political timetable," and no scheduled withdrawal. But he criticizes the president for underestimating, from the beginning, the symbolic and psychological importance of securing Baghdad.
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