Not at all. In the following he *isn't* talking about politicians worrying about their careers because they DID authorize the war. He's talking about Democrats talking about defeat. The journalist is free to leave out the context of his expression and skew it toward a different expression.
"The only thing that bothers me is the politicians who send our children to things like this without knowing what it really does to the families," Anthony Unruh said. "I think if they knew what it did, they would be more cautious instead of worrying about their political careers."
You are spinning to fit your view.