... No Straight Talk from Rumsfeld

In a move that (unfortunately) probably previews the president's speech on Tuesday night, the Secretary of Defense certainly isn't offering any kind of straight talk in making the Sunday talk show rounds this morning. He's just been engaging in a near-Clintonian semantic debate with George Stephanopoulos about the meaning of "last throes," and dodged questions from both Stephanopoulos and Chris Wallace about a report out today that Pentagon representatives have met with leaders of the insurgency in Iraq.