Crocker damns Maliki government with faint praise

Interestingly enough, after a day and a half of questioning the most damaging sound bite to emerge so far from the Ambassador Crocker and General Petraeus hearings has come in response to a question from one of the most pro-surge politicians in Congress. John McCain just asked Crocker whether he was confident that the Maliki government in Baghdad would do the right thing, to which Crocker rather tellingly replied: “"My level of confidence is under control".