[Greenskar]

Well if Marvel's current trend of trying to make their comics reflect the movieverse in some form or another is any indication it would seem that Rhodey is indeed the Iron Patriot. In the current comics Rhodey was presumed dead but it was a cover up between him and Tony to throw the Mandarin off his plan.

Rhodey is currently without an armor as of the end of Matt Fractions current run. Switch to Marvel Now and the secret avengers will soon have the Iron Patriot among there ranks with an as of yet unknown pilot. Seeing as how Rhodey was an original member of this team, and currently lacking armor, its a fair assumption he will most likely become the Iron Patriot in the comics given his military background and become the symbol the government wants from him. This also means fans of the Iron Man 3 movie looking to read about Iron Patriot in the comics, will be pleased to find jumping into Marvel Now, its the same character.

There's also the huge push in the upcoming Ultimates book that introduces the Ultimate Iron Patriot, who as of now is speculated to be President Cap (yeah Cap is POTUS in the Ultimate Universe currently).

Also the armor that appears sentient over Pepper and Tony in Bed is the new armor that's rumored to be Extremis related. My guess is that since its being controlled by Tony's thoughts that somehow he was subconsciously activating the armor in his sleep. Or Mandarin found a way to manipulate it with one of his rings using Tony's own thoughts against him (which is what happened in fractions recent run).