Barack Obama said today that if the President vetoes the Democrats’ surrender bill, Congress will quickly provide the money without the withdrawal timeline, because no lawmaker “wants to play chicken with our troops.”

Markos “Screw Them” Moulitsas, on the other hand, is all about playing chicken with our troops. And he’s really seething at Obama: Daily Kos: Obama caves to Bush. (Hat tip: Ron.)

What a ridiculous thing to say. Not only is it bad policy, not only is it bad politics, it’s also a terrible negotiating approach.

Instead of threatening Bush with even more restrictions and daring him to veto funding for the troops out of pique, Barack just surrendered to him.

Let me repeat that — Obama just surrendered to Bush.

Surrendering to Bush, in Kosland, is apparently a much worse crime than surrendering to jihadis.