I think it's pretty clear now he's leaving.

Well, it raises the question of is this incompetence? Or is it just an intent to lie and deceive? And either way, it's a bad charge, Anderson.

But there is this issue that the president and his White House team have long wanted to protect their own people from having to go up to the Hill and testify.

And why don't -- you know, rule No. 1 of damage control, is when you're inside, get to the bottom of it.

When John Sununu came out against him, that was really bad news for the attorney general.

I do think there is an arrogance of power that has been part of their undoing.

There's such a thing now as Washington time, the political timetables in Washington, and Baghdad time.

It's unlikely they will get through it. But, for the first time, there may be a window.

It's unlikely that they can actually get a bill passed, -- Anderson. Even if they get it passed, the president is going to veto it. And they don't have the override votes.

But I will tell you something. I think they are -- in a very odd way, despite all their disarray -- and that sort of goes with being Democrats, I suppose -- they're actually giving a gift to the president.

The president can now have a good-cop/bad-cop routine with the Maliki government.