“The good news for opponents of the war in Iraq is that President Bush’s challenger has finally called for a rapid American withdrawal.

‘Every day the U.S. military remains in Iraq,’ he said, ‘we imperil U.S. security, drain our economy, ignore our nation’s domestic needs and prevent democratic self-rule from developing in Iraq.’

The bad news is that the challenger’s name is Ralph Nader.

John Kerry, by contrast, sounds as though he thinks the only thing worse than making a mistake is correcting it. He recently asserted his fervent view that ‘we cannot fail. I’ve said that many times. And if it requires more troops in order to create the stability that eliminates the chaos, that can provide the groundwork for other countries, that’s what you have to do.'” — Baltimore Sun