Nit pick. And I think you're wrong about how it will be framed. Though, we'll see won't we?
The dems have taken sides with the enemy, and they now have to make us lose the war in order to get out of a terrible situation... if victory is achieved in iraq, they'll have been fighting on the wrong side and everyone will know it.
This speech was, at its core, about that: the dems are playing a political game. He's calling them out on it. I think it was an excellent statement.
I don't think its a nit pik. This white house for whatever reason is HORRIBLE when it comes to its public image, and its exactly because of things like this. These sorts of things are what drive the next cycle of negative stories that will surely come from it. Its preventable and frankly will undermine to an extent what Bush did.
No need to even mention that, just Veto, state its over the war, and stick with that. Bringing that word into it, just gave them an out, and an out that will make Bush look bad in the framing of the stories about it.
Why do you think this WH is suffering a "scandal" over firing people who clearly weren't doing their jobs? They do the right things, but then handle them completely wrong, particularly in terms of dealing with the press cycles etc.
I think Bush stole a good bit of his own thunder today.
Time will tell.