If we want Mr. Bush to be candid about his mistakes, we should be equally open about our own. We were wrong about the weapons. We did not listen carefully to the people who disagreed with us. We had a groupthink of our own. Many politicians who voted to authorize the war still refuse to admit that they made a mistake. But they did. And even though this page came down against the invasion, we regret now that we didn't do more to challenge the president's assumptions. It's hard to tell for sure if this is just a tactical political manuever or a measure of true intellectual honesty on display. (Perhaps it's both.) To the extent it's the latter, I find it interesting that the public probably has Jayson Blair to thank for (indirectly) bringing about this new approach. A Pause for Hindsight | 
