Did Obama gaffe on the "Why did you schedule this on 9/11" question?

[wyldwolf]

Obama this morning raised what seemed like a relevant point: Was the Petraeus hearing scheduled today by the White House to draw some sort of tacit link between 9/11 and Iraq?

The answer, according to a Senate Democratic leadership aide who spoke on the condition on anonymity, is an emphatic "no."

The legislation requiring a report from the White House on the status of the war sets a September 15 deadline. "It made sense," the staffer said, to bring Petraeus to the Hill the week the report was due. And Rosh Hashannah begins Wednesday night.

"It had to be that Monday or that Tuesday, or the Tuesday and the Wednesday, because of the Jewish holiday," the staffer said.

So either way, 9/11. And the decision was made by Senate Democrats, not the White House.

Maybe that's why Biden was short with Obama.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0907/Obamas_scheduling_gripe.html