I'm Confused

I know, this time more than normal.

So John Edwards is taking out an ad calling for no Congressional funding without a timeline for withdrawal from Iraq. Yet he has not committed to a total withdrawal with no residual forces. How would his plan then "end the war"?

Man, it's a shame that Richardson is such a terrible candidate, because he's the only one willing to stake out that position of no residual forces. I don't think he knows what it means (he didn't even know what the supplemental appropriation on Iraq was), but his handlers at least understand the power of calling for a real end to the war instead of this mish-mosh. How can Edwards credibly call for an "end to the war" without an actual end to the war?