Then, to Rice: "You're not going to pay a particular price, as I understand it, with an immediate family."

Breathtaking.

Simply breathtaking.

We scarcely know where to begin.

The junior senator from California ap parently believes that an accom plished, seasoned diplomat, a renowned scholar and an adviser to two presidents like Condoleezza Rice is not fully qualified to make policy at the highest levels of the American government because she is a single, childless woman.

It's hard to imagine the firestorm that similar comments would have ignited, coming from a Republican to a Democrat, or from a man to a woman, in the United States Senate. (Surely the Associated Press would have put the observation a bit higher than the 18th paragraph of a routine dispatch from Washington.) 

I'm sure Ms. Rice threw that off her back and moved on because she hasn't the time for a game of insults while trying to run the nation. But come on. And it's true had it come from a Republican to a Democrat, cries of judgment would bellow from the depths of the liberal hypocrisy that reigns in American news media. 

The same article highlights why I know I stand on the side of sanity, common sense, and principle:

"Clinton would do well to consider the words of GOP Sen. John McCain, another White House hopeful, who frankly admits that his strong support for a troop surge in Iraq has cost him votes...

Said McCain: 'I'd rather lose a campaign than lose a war.'"

The same can't be said of all, unfortunately. The fact is, we must take this chance. If we dont', we do a disservice to our military, our country, the Iraqi people, and the hope we must relinquish. It's true that you don't know unless you try. It's true you must hold out for the last, best hope. It's true that there's really no other option and everyone should be rooting for this surge to accomplish something good. Sadly, it seems that too many secretly hope for failure just to prove themselves right. To read the full commentary, click the link below.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/01122007/postopinion/editorials/boxers_low_blow_editorials_.htm?page=0