Lieberman slams "vested interest groups" on the left

In what appeared to be a direct shot at the blogosphere, when asked which party he would back for president, Joe Lieberman slammed Clinton and Obama for agreeing with left-leaning interest groups about the war:

Democratic candidates including Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obamaand John Edwards oppose the Iraq war out of deference to "vestedinterest groups within the left."

"It's a very disappointingissue," Lieberman said. "The leading Democratic candidates forpresident are competing with each other to see which one can morequickly pull more of our troops out of Iraq, while our troops are therefighting and now succeeding with a lot on the line."

It all boils down to what you consider to be an 'interest group'?  An interest group could be passionate citizens that organize to end the war.  An interest group could also be the defense industry that donated $120,100 to Lieberman's '06 Senate campaign.   So it depends how you look at it.