[mburbank]

Perle's big problem with being a republican player is not his beliefs, which are consistent, but his tendency to go the easy way and tell the truth about them.

Most Neo-cons are practiced in the art of the contemptous lie, the wink and grin that's lets you know they know they are lying but maintains deniability.

That's why Perle had to resign from his leadership role, and it's why he isn't a cabinet secretary.