Fair point from another reader:

I agree that Bush has to say something. For months now, the President has been telling people that he was waiting until the report in mid September before determining how to proceed in Iraq. That has been a standard response over and over. To say that now, after the report is presented, he should just sit back and stay silent on it is absurd. He is Commander in Chief. No matter what the politics, he can’t pass off his reponsibilities and try to keep his hands off this thing.