From The Washington Post
By Dan Froomkin

Controversy over the timing of Sunday’s announcement of Saddam Hussein’s conviction provides a fitting finish for an election campaign that has been as much a contest between competing views of reality as between two political parties.

Did White House officials manipulate the timing of the verdict for political gain?

Bush critics are skeptical, saying it fits a pattern and seems awfully convenient.

The White House denies it vehemently, castigating those who would even suggest such a thing as being on drugs or crazy.

The traditional media raises the issue — but leaves it unresolved.

Maybe we’ll find out the answer in a few years, in some book.

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