Falling on One's Sword is So Hard to Do

Is trust in our highest officials to present the truth when marching off to war important to the American people? This is the question of the week as CIA Director George J. Tenet fell on his Bush-issued sword. He is taking the blame for the inclusion of the allegation that Iraq sought to buy uranium oxide from Niger in President Bush's State of the Union speech last January.

Let's watch the spin as it plays out.

As Bush left Africa yesterday to return to Washington from a five-day trip overshadowed by the intelligence blunder, he was asked whether he considered the matter over. "I do," he replied.

But do the American people?

White House press secretary Ari Fleischer told reporters yesterday that "the president has moved on. And I think, frankly, much of the country has moved on, as well."

Ari, what part of the country might that be?

Stay tuned. Film at 11.