Bush Regrets "Mission Accomplished"

Yesterday, Bush told CNN's Heidi Collins that he regretted some of things he said and did over the last eight years. Among them, speaking in front of a "Mission Accomplished" sign aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln on May 1, 2003.

Bush still misses the point, however; his regret is speaking in front of the sign, not what was said in front of the sign. He regrets what speaking in front of the sign conveyed, but does not seem to regret, again, what was said in front of the sign.

The first words to leave his lips on that day, right after "My fellow Americans", were, "Major combat operations in Iraq have ended." Have they Mr. President? Do you regret, today, stating these words one month after troops are deployed and almost six years later they are still there? Since that day more than 4,000 Americans have lost their lives in battle and 152,669 veterans filed disability claims after fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Is your regret still simply speaking in front of a "Mission Accomplished" sign, or do you regret lying, with your words, to the American people?