Bush Flip Flops Again

Looks like Bush has flip-flopped again. The New York Times explains:

(9/9/04): President Bush said on Wednesday that he wanted to give a new national intelligence director “full budgetary authority,” a sharp shift from an earlier position and an acquiescence to a major recommendation of the Sept. 11 commission.

I wonder why it's Kerry and not Bush who's being cast by the media as the flipper?