Politico Shows the Way?

As I noted last night, the U.S. media have largely played along with the White House tune on Syria and chem agents and the "red line" and all (with McClatchy an exception, at least to date), so it was refreshing to read an analysis in Politico, of all places, today that suggests (actually declares) that the chem angle is just an excuse and the real reason for acting now is simply that Assad is suddenly winning and Obama is taking a beating from hawks outside and inside the administration (even Bill Clinton) for doing nothing.  The red line actually = Assad victory.