Scott McClellan: “Yes. No, I was sincere at the time. Now, looking back and reflecting on that, I have a different perspective on it.”

But the federal government should have taken more responsibility, because, to the American people, I think, the federal government is the failsafe backstop to all that.

This is a White House that doesn't like to look back. The president doesn't like to spend time reflecting.

It's too much about party and too little about the country. And we need to put the country first and put the party much lower.

Colin Powell was apparently the only adviser who even tried to raise doubts about the wisdom of war. The rest of the foreign policy team seemed to be preoccupied with regime change or, in the case of Condi Rice, seemingly more interested…