Lloyd Grove's Lowdown:George Clooney on Iraq: "We knew it was bullshit... Which is why it drives me crazy to hear all these Democrats saying, 'We were misled.' It makes me want to shout, 'Fuck you, you weren't misled. You were afraid of being called unpatriotic.'". . . Keith Olbermann to Brian Lamb: "There are people I know in the hierarchy of NBC, the company, and GE, the company, who do not like to see the current presidential administration criticized at all.". . . Edward Klein is writing a "poison-pen" biography of Sen. McCain. [NYDN]

Cindy Adams:Charles Gibson will be named Bob Woodruff's "temporary permanent replacement." [NYP]

Page Six: The Clintons are on the outs with Harold Ickes. [NYP]