[KevinTheOmnivore]

He was asked to play politics by the very same administration which is now trying to use it against him.

Here's what I love. When people who have nothing other than a record of selfless service to their country get demonized by a pack of selfish, useless, silver spoon born aristocrats from Connecticut et. al. It's kind of like a legitimate war veteran, ie. John Kerry and Max Cleland, getting demonized by cowardly chicken hawks who like to plan invading countries, but would rather avoid the hands on work.

Nothing, I repeat, NOTHING has proven this man to be a liar or even an opportunist. The fact that the man praised the Bush administration a little over a year ago, while simultaneously outlining the substantive steps that needed to be taken in light of 9/11, only shows that the man puts service and policy initiative before partisan politics. This Bush administration is the polar opposite of these character traits. You want political opportunism, look at releasing the identity of a man's CIA wife b/c he told the fucking truth. You want political opportunism, look at having a questionable internet/sex sting brought against a man who served his country in the Gulf War and then as a weapons inspector. You want political opportunism, just wait. The stuff Rove and his attack dogs have pulled out on this guy, book deals, liberal associates, etc., are NOTHING compared to what they'll need to do in order to derail this. Maybe we can count on more self-imposed office bugging, maybe some smear campaigns over how Richard Clarke treats his wife, or perhaps an old college friend will come out of the wood works to enlighten us on how ol' Dick loved to hit the pipe back at State.

I expect nothing less than this from this administration.