In an interview with CNN he stays on message. There’s no reason necessarily to think we needed troops in Iraq to get Zarqawi and “we cannot win this.” Video and transcript here.

UPDATE: A reader writes: “Murtha actually said “we cannot win this militarily“. His qualification is crucial, and it’s dishonest to ignore that.”

Fair point, though I hardly think I was being dishonest in pointing people to the video and transcript.