Political Teen has posted the video of that John Kerry press conference one of my readers e-mailed about earlier. Here’s what Kerry said:

Secondly, this debate is note about an artificial date for withdrawal. Several times in his speech today, the president set up this straw man and then knocks it down. That’s not what this debate is about.
The United States Senate had a vote — a Republican resolution and a Democrat resolution — and neither sought to seek an artificial date for withdrawal.
What it did on the Democratic side seek to do was set an estimated timetable for success which will permit the withdrawal of our troops. Everything that we have presented has been presented on the basis of how you succeed.

Ok, just so I’m clear on this: It’s not a debate about a timetable for withdrawal. It’s a debate about a timetable for “success which will permit the withdrawal of our troops.” Is that what Kerry’s trying to say?