Enough about Iraq; on to the important stuff

The White House press corps has a short attention span. From a press gaggle with Bush spokesperson Dana Perino:

Q: Senator Feingold, today, I think he became the first senator to call for a complete withdrawal of troops from Iraq, he said by December 31, 2006. Your reaction?

MS. PERINO: Our reaction? The President has talked about this many times, as have many other members of the Defense Department, as well as other members of the Senate. The President believes that setting an artificial timetable would send the wrong message to the Iraqis, who need to know that we are not going to leave before completing the mission. It would also send the wrong message to our troops. We are serious about completing the mission, and they need to know that they have our full support. And it would send the wrong message to the enemy, who, as the President has said many times, would just then have to wait us out. So as the President has said, we're going to stay in Iraq as long as we're needed, but not a day longer.
Yes, Bob.

Q: What are the coverage plans for Lance Armstrong's visit on Saturday?

MS. PERINO: It is closed press. The White House will release a photograph. Discovery Channel has an exclusive to tapes and video.

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That little exchange produced a "Bush rips Feingold plan" headline and story in the Capital Times and elsewhere, based on an AP report of the gaggle.