NBC: Jeb Bush 'Grapples With the Shadow of His Brother's Iraq War Policy'

Kyle Drennen | May 15, 2015
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More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.

Keeping up NBC's extensive coverage of Jeb Bush answering questions about the Iraq war, on Friday's Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie proclaimed: "And it's been a rocky week for all-but-declared presidential hopeful Jeb Bush as he grapples with the shadow of his brother's Iraq war policy. During a town hall in Arizona, he clarified his position for the fourth time this week on the question, 'Would he have taken the country to war?'"

In an interview with former George W. Bush adviser Karl Rove, Guthrie wondered: "Karl, four answers, four days. Do you think Jeb Bush blew it on this central question?" Rove replied: "Well, I wouldn't say blew it....But this is the kind of question where at the end of the day people like you and people who are political junkies who are watching this need to hear those words, 'Would not have gone in.'"