I disagree. As soon as that report came out Bush should have gotten a statement to the press...basically saying what he said today. It was Bush's EPA that sent the report--his appointed staff should have killed the report before it even saw the light of day. And if it did squeek out they should have quickly got on record as discrediting the report. Instead they waited for the public reaction to decided on what to do. Not exactly leading is it? Kind of reminds me of Clinton...so the comment still makes sense.
Bush has to learn the ends don't justify the ways. This is typical political behavior that I was sick of under Clinton...and now I see Bush doing similiar things.
Someone in the "bureaucracy" blew it. Let Bush sort it out and do damage control now. Either way, our side looks STUUUPID and Bush will be doing damage control for months and months.
Looks to me like someone should be fired - TODAY.