Surge -- in U.S. deaths -- shows results in Iraq

(AP) "Five U.S. soldiers died in Iraq, including three killed in roadside bombings in Baghdad and north of the capital, the military said Wednesday.That raised to 17 the number of U.S. troop deaths in Iraq since Sunday."

Jon Stewart's comment tonight on the Petraeus testimony that we can't leave if things not going well and can't leave if things going well or else we will lose ground: "A Catch-22 (billion dollars a month) statement."