Maybe I will, Maybe I won't

According to this AP report, it appears that our good friend Senator Obama has changed his mind (again) on pulling our troops out of Iraq immediately.

"I am going to do a thorough assessment when I'm there," he told reporters on the airport tarmac here. "I'm sure I'll have more information and continue to refine my policy."
During his presidential campaign, Obama has gone from the hard-edged, vocal opposition to Iraq that defined his early candidacy to more nuanced rhetoric that calls for a phased-out drawdown of all combat brigades that, at a rate of one or two a month, could last 16 months. He has said that if al-Qaida builds bases in Iraq, he would keep troops either in the country or the region to carry out "targeted strikes."

Naturally, the Republican party smelled blood in the water.

"There appears to be no issue that Barack Obama is not willing to reverse himself on for the sake of political expedience," said Alex Conant, a spokesman for the national Republican Party.

For all of his talk of hope and change (or is it change and hope) and a new kind of politics, Senator Obama is proving to be just another politician who will say or do whatever it takes to get elected. I don't have a problem with that, but lets try to be honest about it, shall we?