Et Tu Rep. John McHugh?

One of our illustrious area House Reps John McHugh (NY-23), a strong GW Bush supporter, is voicing doubts about Bush's new Iraq War strategy. Even worse. He's doing it in the presence of the most evil person on Earth - Sen. Hillary Clinton.

McHugh has not been as critical of the Bush administration's handling of the war as the two Democrats, but like many Republicans in Congress he sounds increasingly exasperated with conditions in Iraq.

McHugh said he wanted to warn Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki of the dwindling patience in Washington.

"It's folly to think that you can stabilize 80 percent of a country while one of the most important sites in the Middle East, Baghdad, is in total chaos. You can't just shove that under the rug," he said.

Like more and more republican reps and sens, Rep. John McHugh was for the war before he was against it. Listen to NCPR audio report here.