Ah, hell ..... I can almost *taste* the delight if that had been said. And almost see the reaction on Bob Schieffer's face!

Now the person who would have thought fast enough to do something that pointed --- *that* person should be the VP. The only ones I can picture having had the wit, directness and speed would be Biden and John Edwards ..... well, and possibly Kerry himself.

Kudos - a good line is a good line and deserves a nod .... even if, sigh, it's a day late and thought up by someone other than the person who by rights should have delivered it.

Well, it's not too late. This is a nice crystallization of a position that will make many McCain supporters' heads spin.

If McCain keeps caterwauling about this, then he'll have the chance.

To be more clear on my point above, I want to read his post-POW Military record... specifically his leadership evaluations as a squadron commander - perhaps Wes Clark was wrong - maybe he was a great squadron leader and showed the leadership aptitude that really would qualify him to be president. However, since most Republicans are pathological say the absolute opposite of the truth, black is white, night is day, I'd wager large tracts of land that the leadership evaluations fall somewhere on a scale of lackluster to pure suckitude. Whichever the case, if he runs on it, we have the right to evaluate his military resume.... after all, we the taxpayers have been paying McCain for years - we're his boss.

Wait a minute. You want to start comparing Obama to BUSH and use that as a reason to vote for him? I think Clark has done just fine. He's been out explaining his point - making it clear that John McCain is a hero and he did all he could do in his military career, but that doesn't automatically qualify him to be president. But to then say that Bush's lack of military service obviously didn't disqualify HIM for the presidency is not a helpful point. SOMETHING should have disqualified him for the presidency and I think you could actually point to his lack of personal experience in a war as a pretty key point in his willingness to just jump into wars willy-nilly. That doesn't mean Obama will do the same thing, but the comparison does Barack no favors. I'd just continue to hit on his judgement and that military service doesn't automatically qualify you for anything other than military service.