Shhhhh... Don’t give Hillary any ideas.
I hadn’t seen anything about this MTP interview before — it shows that in the midst of the 2004 campaign he DEFENDED Kerry and Edwards for their votes in favor of the Iraq resolution authorizing President Bush to go to war, he said they had BETTER INFO than he did (which would also apply to any Republicans in Congress or the White House), and he REJECTS any calls for immediate withdrawal of troops.
Yet, as we all know, he later comes to be the darling of the rabid anti-war left as he opportunistically moves ever farther to the left, rejecting the statements (without acknowledging what he is doing) that he himself made to Russert in the MTP interview.
NOW, in 2008, he is citing his original 2002 speech as an instance of great courage against his party and personal interest, when in reality the facts are that he proceeded to FLIP-FLOP all over the place.