NYT:

President Bush “convinces himself to believe what suits his needs at the moment,” and has engaged in “self-deception” to justify his political ends, Scott McClellan, the former White House press secretary, writes in a critical new memoir about his years in the West Wing.

If McClellan, the mouthpiece for all those lies - the chief public liar if you will - knew about the deception and lack of candor all that time, why didn't he QUIT and demand the president be impeached? Why did he stick around that long, saying what he knew were lies, defending what he knew was indefensible, enabling the lies and disastrous policies they supported? I'm sure the book has lots of juicy details, but it's McClellan's way of asking the public for immunity, and he doesn't deserve it. Shame on everyone who works there, knows what they're doing, then makes millions writing about it later.

Update:

Former White House spokesman Ari Fleischer, McClellan's predecessor, said in a statement "something about this book that just doesn't make any sense" and that he was "heartbroken that Scott feels this way about his time at the White House."

"For 2 1/2 years Scott and I worked shoulder to shoulder at the White House. Scott was my always reliable, solid deputy," Fleischer said. "Not once did Scott approach me -- privately or publicly -- to discuss any misgivings he had about the war in Iraq or the manner in which the White House made the case for war.

"If Scott had such deep misgivings, he should not have accepted the press secretary position as a matter of principle," he said.