11 Republican Congressmen speak frankly with Bush about Iraq

On the NBC Nightly News, Tim Russert reported that 11 Republican Congressmen held a "candid" meeting with Bush about Iraq led by Mark Kirk of Illinois and Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania. ThinkProgress has the video.

Interestingly from the NYTimes version, House Minority Leader John Boehner was there, too. (To officiate or participate?)

Later: The WaPo has more on the meeting.

House Republican moderates, in a remarkably blunt White House meeting, warned President Bush this week that his pursuit of the war in Iraq is risking the future of the Republican Party and that he cannot count on GOP support for many more months.

Later Still: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell goes on the record in a similar tone.

"The Iraqi government hasn't done anything it said it would," McConnell said, pointing to lack of progress on oil revenue sharing and reducing sectarian violence. He added, "I don't think there are many Republican senators who are happy with what happened."....

Notice that all of these recent Republican complaints are not primarily criticisms about the war itself, but instead about the impact it's having on their party's political futures.

That's the sort of deep integrity we expect out of Washington.