You’re shocked, shocked, I know:

In his column Friday, Paul Krugman took a rhetorical swing at Gen. David Petraeus. In a press conference later on Friday, Sen. Harry Reid regurgitated Krugman’s column.
Krugman: “Gen. Petraeus has a history of making wildly overoptimistic assessments of progress in Iraq that happen to be convenient for his political masters.”
Reid “He’s made a number of statements over the years that have not proven to be factual.”
Krugman: “Specifically, he declared that ‘Iraqi security elements are being rebuilt,’ that ‘Iraqi leaders are stepping forward’ and that ‘there has been progress in the effort to enable Iraqis to shoulder more of the load for their own security.’”
Reid: “I first met General Petraeus when I went to Iraq. At that time he was training the Iraqi troops. He told us at that time it was going great, that they’d be able to take over the country themselves.”