Spinning while the bodies pile up in Iraq.

The White House is very publicly portraying the president as "listening" in these three days of "intensive consultations" on Iraq, but in reality it's all just cover for not embracing the ISG report.

Read Bush's words. The important thing in these consultations is not to actually look at Iraq, but to assure the American people that he's "listened" before continuing on.

"There is no question we've got to make sure that the State Department and the Defense Department -- the efforts and their recommendations are closely coordinated, so that when I do speak to the American people, they will know that I've listened to all aspects of government and that the way forward is the way forward to achieve our objective: to succeed in Iraq."

It's a PR show while people are dying.

(Also, notice that he appropriated "The Way Forward" from the title of the ISG report to indicate his own plans.)