Rove was telling Charlie that the war resolution vote was held before the 2002 elections by Congress' choice.
Here's the video:
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/22/rove-lies-iraq-war-vote/
In Sept. 2002 Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD) asked Pres. Bush to delay the vote on the Iraq war.
"I asked directly if we could delay this so we could depoliticize it. I said, "Mr. President, I know this is urgent, but why the rush? Why do we have to do this now? He looked at Cheney and looked at me, and there was a half-smile on his face. And he said: 'We just have to do this now.'"
President Bush explicitly told Congress:
My answer to Congress is they need to debate this issue and consult with us, and get the issue done as quickly as possible. It's in our national interests that we do so, I don't imagine Saddam Hussein sitting around, saying, gosh, I think I'm going to wait for some resolution.
2007-11-28
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