Political Jujitsu

The GOP move to force Democrats on record regarding imediate troop withdrawl was, well, brilliant. I wish I'd thougth of it. I do have one question, though: There has been a lot of Dems over the last two years who have said similar thing to what Murtha said (Howard Dean and Ted Kennedy, for example). Why the sudden and immediate reaction to the comments of a relatively obscure Pennsylvania Member of the House? Is this part of the new PR rapid response plan? Or did Mirtha hit a particular nerve?

Either way, the GOP used a bit of political jujitsu, last night.