of wander in, ask their question and leave. it didn t have the sense of urgency you d think for a hearing about a very bloody war. that was even more striking than the wearyness in the substantive questioning. fascinating reporting and perspective. war boredom. what an awful phrase, but it s very apt, unfortunately. thanks very much. up next, a much lighter note. let s do a little march madness at the white house. why not? tomorrow s st. patty s day, by the way. this is the daily rundown only on msnbc. with snakes and boogeymen. and no cartoons. but she got out, right, mommy? no. she was stuck in there for 100 years all by herself. that s why we never take mommy and daddy s strawberry cheesecake temptations. okay! bedtime. [ male announcer ] six indulgent layered desserts
breaking the record set in 2009 and in 2008. petraeus says it will get worse still this year. what was your impression of war wearyness among lawmakers? yesterday, haley barbour talked about the idea of he envisions starting to pull a lot more troops out of afghanistan, trying to deal with it with smaller forces. been hearing this quietly among republicans for months, but not much publicly. obviously, we heard some criticism of the president from some republicans, but could you detect war wearyness on a bipartisan basis among the senate questioners yesterday? a bit of it, chuck, but to be honest, what i sensed more was war boredom. given the number of troops we have who are fighting and dying, but the whole hearing had this weirdly sort of pallid feel to it. there were few reporters. few people listening to the testimony. a lot of the senators would kind