I think it's just a case of "W" believing the lie told to him by Republicans in the Senate (in private) that the Dems had this one in the bag, and that was a lie Harry Reid told the other Dems.
That is to say it's a KOINKYDINK!!!, but a highly serendipitous one at that.
Rove's still scratching his head and "W" wonders today if Putin tried to poison him at dinner yesterday.
72 posted on 06/08/2007 1:02:20 PM PDT by muawiyah