Hi there! Welcome to TPMtv.com. Ben Craw here, your VJ for the affair. Josh already told you what we're gonna be up to on this site, so as Mills Lane or Marvin Gaye might say, let's get it on.

It began last Thursday afternoon when Barack Obama said during a press conference that he'd "continue to refine" his Iraq policies after talking to commanders on the ground during his planned upcoming trip to the country. Oops? The McCain camp and the news organizations flew into such a frenzy that Obama felt compelled to hold a second presser that same afternoon, unprecedented in this campaign, to quell the sudden din of policy-reversal charges.

On Sunday, Meet the Press was cancelled due to coverage of the men's Wimbledon championship, and CNN's Late Edition staged its 10th Anniversary Special. Fortunately TPMtv fave Joe Lieberman and the Fox News All-Star Panel supplied a full five shows worth of Obama Iraq Backtrack Flak:

If watching this happens to depress you, you might find a rational antidote in Josh's thoughts from last night.