Scott McClellan: “It was the right decision to confront what was a grave and growing threat in the form of Saddam Hussein and his regime.…”

The National Press Corps was probably too deferential to the White House and to the administration in regard to the most important decision facing the nation during my years in Washington, the choice over whether to go to war in Iraq.

I felt like we were rushing into this. But, because of my position and my affection for the president and my belief and trust in he and his advisers, I gave them the benefit of the doubt. And, looking back on it and reflecting on it now, I…

I had allowed myself to be deceived into unknowingly passing along a falsehood.

There's been no evidence to back that up whatsoever.