"So this year, after months of refusal to give an inch, and the commission saying they couldn't do the job without a time extension, the Bush administration granted a inadequate extension of three months."

The Commission timeline is it's own political quagmire. Would you rather they have been tasked to deliever their report next March? Any date not prior to the election would be viewed as stonewalling. Sometimes you can't win for losing, particularly where the people criticizing are politically motivated and will cast things in the worst light no matter what.