The Bush White House has made such a point of staying "on message" that presidential press conferences seldom produced any real news or surprises. It's unfortunate that he waited until his last one to admit mistakes and show some real emotion. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28617979/

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President George W. Bush is pictured during his last news conference in the Brady press briefing room at the White House in Washington January 12, 2009.