DNC has video and snips from Murtha's announcement.

[madfloridian]

http://www.democrats.org/a/2005/11/talking_points.php

UPDATE: Tim -- You can watch the video of Congressman Murtha's speech here
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2005/11/17.html#a5913

"Stay the course" is not a plan, it's a slogan.

And in the absence of any plan to secure Iraq other than "stay the course," it shouldn't surprise anyone to see the public and Members of Congress begin to question that course. Pennsylvania Democrat John Murtha was the latest to do so yesterday:

"Our troops have become the primary target of the insurgency," Rep. John Murtha said Thursday. "They are united against U.S. forces and we have become a catalyst for violence. The war in Iraq is not going as advertised. It is a flawed policy wrapped in illusion. <...>

"Our military has accomplished its mission and done its duty," Murtha told reporters at news conference with a half-dozen American flags arrayed behind him.

"It's time to bring them home," he said.

The best the Republican Party could do in response was to march out the tired, old talking points:
"The eve of an historic democratic election in Iraq is not the time to surrender to the terrorists," McClellan said. "After seeing statement, we remain baffled -- nowhere does he explain how retreating from Iraq makes America safer."