Because I didn't have a blog when the POW thing was going down hardcore

Although I never thought it would come to this, I think after all the interviews, references, ads, and temper tantrums, I now understand that being a prisoner of war (and especially, not having a table) is the greatest preparation for being president. ever. Who would have known that being "starved, beaten, tortured, and maimed for life" would actually prepare a man to preach the gospel of foreign policy and lead the country rationally, when many would conjecture that so many years of the same would cause "lasting psychological trauma"?

Last afterthought: if you missed John Kerry's speech at the DNC, you missed the trump card. As I was watching MSNBC the next morning covering Clinton's speech, you could hear him and the cheers in the background. They skipped over the best speech of the night. Not that Bill's speech didn't offer the essential quotes to round out the evening of acclamation. Kerry was on point! And he makes a great point about the two McCains. Young McCain = guilty pleasure of Daily Show fans. Old and Prickly McCain = would "make Cheney look like Ghandi."