More catching up: The thing to realize about that Monday column predicting a pull-out is that his administration sources tend to be people disgruntled with the administration’s policy. So you need to discount heavily in light of that. I just checked in with a very plugged-in Pentagon type. Here’s roughly how it went. Me: “So what was the deal with that Novak column earlier in the week?” Type: “What Novak column?” Me: “He wrote a column saying we are going to pull out after the election.” Type: “Pull out of Iraq?” Me: “Yeah, pull out of Iraq.” Type: LAUGHTER.