Playing into Mrs. Iselin's hands

ThinkProgress has dug itself deeper into the "stay the course" issue, and is now unwittingly following Mrs. Iselin's script almost to the letter.

The title of their post says it all: "Snow Falsely Claims Bush Said ‘Stay The Course’ Only 8 Times (Actually, It’s At Least 30)".

Once again: This is exactly the headline the administration wants to see. They are not insane enough to hope nobody will remember the ubiquitousness of the phrase, but they are happy to see that the issue is not:

"why are you insulting our collective intelligence and attempting to rewrite history?"

but rather:

"there's a technical innacuracy in your statement, which is the number of ..." [etc.]