] A Republican member of the Senate Armed Services
] Committee dismissed Tuesday the outrage over the abuse of
] Iraqi prisoners by U.S. troops, saying Iraqis depicted in
] widely broadcast photographs probably had "blood on their
] hands."

Rush limbaugh runs it. It flys. So they pull the story a little further in and run it again. If it flys again we'll see if from more mainstream leaders...

CNN.com - GOP senator labels abused prisoners 'terrorists' - May 12, 2004