I’m watching the Train Ride to the Inauguration on TV this morning. Feels good. In the meantime, my friend Skip pointed me to this gem.

Keep in mind that McCain voted against this bill as well. Bush to veto ban on waterboarding Harsh tactics help fight terrorism, he says President Bush is to veto legislation Saturday meant to ban the CIA from using waterboarding and other harsh interrogation tactics and will argue that the agency needs to use tougher methods than the U.S. military to wrest information from terrorism suspects, administration officials said. No matter what they say, their actions prove that McCain and Bush are both objectively pro-torture.

“I’m playing for October, November,” said President Bush to Mr. Draper. “To get us in a position where the Presidential candidates will be comfortable about sustaining a presence,” and, he said later, “stay longer.” From Ron Draper’s Dead Certain

From the Atlantic Monthly’s rather prescient article on Karl Rove (subscription required): Rove has always cast himself not merely as a campaign manager but as someone with a mind for policy and for history