Capitol Letter Bizarre Behavior
Watching democrat Jim McDermott hold forth from Iraq on how President Bush is misleading the American people made me wonder how such a smart person can do such a dumb thing. The trio of Democratic House members who traveled to Iraq–and then, while still on enemy soil, gave numerous interviews critical of U.S. foreign policy–are learned people with significant life experience. There’s not a lawyer among them. McDermott is a psychiatrist, Michigan’s David Bonior is a former seminarian and California’s Mike Thompson is a former college professor....