War on Terror Just a Campaign Ploy?

An interesting tidbit in a larger, interesting piece on MSNBC this morning.

But at least a dozen current and former officials who have held key positions in conducting the war now say they see diminishing returns in Bush's decapitation strategy. Current and former leaders of that effort, three of whom departed in frustration from the top White House terrorism post, said the manhunt is important but cannot defeat the threat of jihadist terrorism. Classified government tallies, moreover, suggest that Bush and Vice President Cheney have inflated the manhunt's success in their reelection bid.

Is there nothing that BushCo. won't use to scare the voters? Is there no lie they won't tell to get reelected?