So this is news?

After reading the breathless reporting by the MSM about Rep John Murtha calling for immediate withdrawl of troops from Iraq you would think that this was a stunning reversal of position. In reality this is what he has been saying since at least May 6, 2004;
Signaling a new, more aggressive line against the Bush administration’s policy on Iraq, Rep. John Murtha (Pa.), the House Democrats’ most visible defense hawk, will join Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) today to make public his previously private statements that the conflict is “unwinnable.”


UPDATE: Gateway Pundit has a nice list of Murtha's past statements that are basically the same as what he said yesterday. The only difference is now he wants the troops home next month.

UPDATE2: NewsBusters has more on the media ignoring Murtha last year. Interesting quote from Murtha sort of undercuts the Democrats latest "Bush Lied" mantra and mirros what the adminstration has been saying lately;
In this interview, not only did Rep. Murtha state that he would not have voted for the war resolution knowing what he knew "now," but also, contrary to assertions made by many members of Congress of late -- as well as much of the mainstream media -- he saw "all" of the intelligence reports: "I mean, I'm not blaming anybody else because I saw all the intelligence reports. All of them indicated we had imminent danger."

So the media of course focuses on his latest statements instead of focusing on their favorite "maverick" Republican who, in case you don't know and you probably don't, said this on Face The Nation on Sunday;
SCHIEFFER: President Bush accused his critics of rewriting history last week.
Sen. McCAIN: Yeah.

SCHIEFFER: And in--he said in doing so, the criticisms they were making of his war policy was endangering our troops in Iraq. Do you believe it is unpatriotic to criticize the Iraq policy?

Sen. McCAIN: No, I think it's a very legitimate aspect of American life to criticize and to disagree and to debate. But I want to say I think it's a lie to say that the president lied to the American people. I sat on the Robb-Silverman Commission. I saw many, many analysts that came before that committee. I asked every one of them--I said, `Did--were you ever pressured politically or any other way to change your analysis of the situation as you saw?' Every one of them said no.

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