According to newspaper reports, eleven Republican congressmen and congresswomen met yesterday with the president and his advisers for a little over an hour, during which they warned the president that their support for the Iraq war was diminishing and that they would not support the president's war policies much longer. Then some went out and reported to the press what was said during the meeting. Fair weather friends.
It's fair to report your concerns to the president -- in private. Making it public is cowardly. It's done to make yourself look good, to cover your backsides, to take the heat off.
