THE PRESIDENT WAS, HOWEVER, HEARD TO SAY...:

Bush rejects war bill concessions (IHT, May 18, 2007)

Democratic congressional leaders on Friday offered the first concessions in a fight with President George W. Bush over a U.S. spending bill for Iraq, but the White House turned them down.

The Democrats, in a meeting with Bush's top aides, said they would strip from a war spending bill billions of dollars in domestic spending that the White House had opposed. They also pledged to give Bush authority to waive compliance with a timetable to pull combat troops out of Iraq.

But no agreement emerged.

"To say I was disappointed in the meeting is an understatement," said Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the Democratic majority leader.

...you sure got a purty mouth, Harry.

Posted by Orrin Judd at May 18, 2007 6:33 PM