Despite some legitimate Democratic concerns about the timing of all this, the Kerry campaign's decision to cut former national security adviser Sandy Berger loose was a proper response to a serious lapse, just as President Bush's difficult decision to fire Donald Rumsfeld in the wake of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal was both necessary and entirely appropriate given the defense secretary's gross maladministration of post-war Iraq. ... Oh, wait. That didn't happen, did it?

Well, I guess we'll just have to add another bullet point to our growing list of reasons to vote for John Kerry this November: The man isn't afraid to hold his advisers and subordinates accountable when they make serious errors in judgment.

Refreshing, isn't it?

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