Glenn Greenwald has an interesting story on Salon about Mara Liason's recent comments that it's only the "left-wing" supporters of Obama that want us out of Iraq in 16 months. Glenn begs to differ - polls and statistics are so much peskier than just saying what you believe is true:

The Washington Establishment lies most brazenly when they want to claim
that their own insulated, fringe views are shared by majorities of "the
American people." To achieve that goal, there's just no limit on their
willingness to go on television and make up facts. Look at what NPR's Mara Liasson said this weekend on Fox News Sunday about what "the American people" believe about the Iraq War:

HUME:
But is [Obama] on the verge of changing on his long-stated promise that
says, "The mission is to get out and I'll have them all out, all the
forces out, in 16 months?"

LIASSON: I think the 16 months -- he is trying to get himself out
of that box. Look, Samantha Power got in a lot of trouble . . . where
she said, "Well, of course he's not going to just stick to some
campaign promise of 16 months. He's going to look at the facts on the
ground."