This paragraph in David Ignatius' column about Chuck Hagel really made my blood boil. Because, of course, he would describe Howard Dean, Wes Clark and Al Gore and their views on the war the same way.
What would make a Hagel candidacy interesting is that he can claim to have been right about Iraq and other key issues earlier than almost any national politician, Republican or Democratic. Though a Vietnam veteran and a hawk on many national security issues, he had prescient misgivings about the Iraq war -- and, more important, the political courage to express these doubts clearly, at a time when many politicians were running for cover.
Read the whole column and really wallow in how it would feel to have the press describe one of ours this way!