Victory or success

LAT reporter Doyle McManus, formerly LAT Washington bureau chief, makes a big deal this morning of the president's failure to include the term "victory" in last night's speech. It's a distinction without a difference and it makes you wonder what goes on between the ears of people like McManus and LAT editors. Is a choice of words important in reporting on the Iraq debate? It seems awfully small and simple-minded to bring it up.