THE DEMOCRATIC WHINERS–who have been free to state their policy on Iraq since the president threw down the gauntlet in his Axis of Evil speech eight months ago–are misrepresenting both his recent statements and their own.

On Tuesday, Tom Daschle chastised the president for allegedly saying that “the Democratic-controlled Senate is not interested in the security of the American people.” “I can’t believe,” Daschle said, quivering with anger, “any president or any administration would politicize the war. . . . This has got to end, Mr. President.”