Not Quite Center

John McCain has been my #2 choice for 2008 (behind Barack Obama). He has been willing to buck his party and its leadership for what he feels is right. But last week he spoke at the Virginia Military Institute trying to reenergize his faltering campaign by focusing hardliners on his support for the war in Iraq. The statement that spun me the other way was:

“Having been a critic of the way this war was fought and a proponent of the very strategy now being followed, it is my obligation to encourage Americans to give it a chance to succeed; to do otherwise would be contrary to the interests of my country and dishonorable.” (more…)

Abraham Lincoln said, “Stand with anybody that stands right. Stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.” Two former Bushies are taking the latter part of this advice. (more…)

There have been two scandals break at the Department of Justice recently. One is big, the other small. One concerns illegality, the other just impropriety. Ironically, the impropriety is the big scandal, the illegality is barely noticed. The difference is the mea culpa. (more…)