Yeah, and now I see that on CNN, and read in the Washington Post of various unnamed military sources arguing about it. I guess I also shouldn't have said "potential" criticism, either, given that.

One possible reason to associate the plan with Franks is that he's not the lightning rod for criticism that Rumsfeld is, and to say, hey, a regular Army guy said this was a good plan -- it's not just suits like me and Perle and Wolfowitz. Also, Franks is one of Bush's favorites. Rumsfeld is a pretty experienced political infighter himself.