Josh points out:

Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall: September 19, 2004 – September 25, 2004 Archives

It’s revealing — and the Kerry campaign should make something of it — that whenever Kerry attacks Bush’s management of the war all the Bush team can do is attack the alleged contradictions in Kerry’s position on the war. That may work politically. But it’s awfully telling. They have, quite literally, no response on the merits. Kerry should point that out and tell the president to stop making excuses for endangering the country.