Scott McClellan: “But the federal government should have taken more responsibility, because, to the American people, I think, the federal…”

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.

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

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…