Worst US death toll in Iraq for nearly two years. Iraqi puppets beg US to stay "otherwise they will be shooting at us." (Nah, just kidding about that last quote).

And here's Bush:

The Democratic goal is to get out of Iraq. The Republican goal is to win in Iraq.

Bush has sent Stephen Hadley to Iraq to keep those uppity brown people in their place for a few more days.

The White House said Hadley's visit had long been planned and called media reporting of the sensitivities in relations between Baghdad and Washington "overblown". Privately, however, top Iraqi officials are expressing profound irritation.