And speaking of Iraq

Andrew McCarthy reminds us not only that "It's All About 9/11," but that there's a boatload of evidence connecting Saddam to bin Laden and the Islamo-fascists. Vastly more than enough such that Harry Reid and the NYT ought to study a bit more before again (and again, and again, and again) running down the same old tired talking points.

I was myself struck by the fact that number one or two on the faxed talking-points list from DNC headquarters (if you didn't get it, just check in with Senator Durbin, the NYT, CNN, or David Gergen) seems to be "The President didn't say anything new." I offer only a question: If the President had said anything particularly new, would the usual suspects not then respond, "The President has admitted that he lied to America and that he had no plan to win this war, and only at this late date has he made even a half-hearted (and wholly wrong-headed and ineffective) attempt to make amends for those grievous errors."

You know they would. If Mr. Bush announced that vanilla was his favorite ice cream, the Kos Kids would soon suffer from chocolate poisoning.