David, I was discussing Democrats here. Last time I checked, McCain and Bush were at least nominally Republicans. I exclude internecine squabbles.

And I dunno if you were still in the US during the 1992 campaign, or paying attention to politics, but I recall a metric assload of Democrats all saying that it was time to get past Viet Nam and stop considering that a defining moment in politics -- and one of the loudest proponents of that position was a certain Massachusetts Senator with a fairly distinguished war record (the validity of which had yet to be seriously questioned) named John Forbes Kerry (yes, of THOSE Forbes, on his mother's side).

In his case, it's no wonder that he flip-flopped on that position once Clinton's second term was winding down, but I was foolish enough to expect a little consistency from the rest of the party...

OK, I'm quitting this piece here. In honor of the New York Times' article on blogs and the Editor and Publisher hyping thereof (see http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/005926.php), I'm trying to keep my comments at least roughly the same length of the posting I'm replying to. And I passed your word count, even including my own words that you quoted.

J.

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