Are they ashamed?

[Godless Dave]

All other issues aside, I have to say that endlessly nitpicking over one sentence is what makes politicians afraid to speak their mind and motivates them to spout meaningless inoffensive focus-grouped drivel instead.

If we're going to focus on one statement, let's talk about how Bush denied ever saying that he didn't spend much time thinking about Osama bin Laden, and accused Kerry of exxagerating by making that claim, even though Bush is on record as saying exactly that.