Great punchline…

I want to assure you, Wolf, if they vote to ask us to leave, we'll be glad to comply with their request.

…but is it just a distraction from a disturbing notion in Mitch McConnell's setup?

Well, the Iraqi government is a huge disappointment. Republicans overwhelmingly feel disappointed about the Iraqi government.

Don't let 'em get away with it. The Iraqi government, elections, constitutions, purple fingers, the whole shebang, has been a Republican project and, often, the subject of Republican gloating from it's inception. Incubated by the Coalition Provisional Authority, a virtual subsidiary of the Republican National Committee, it's theirs, lock, stock and barrel,

Don't let them walk away from it now.

They started their war, they formed a government, they had their chance.