Demagogue

Three months isn't a long time, but it was long enough for John McCain's attitude toward Donald Rumsfeld to change significantly. Last November, as Rummy resigned, McCain said:

"While Secretary Rumsfeld and I have had our differences, he deserves Americans' respect and gratitude for his many years of public service. He has mine."

But yesterday in South Carolina, candidate McCain said:

"I think that Donald Rumsfeld will go down in history as one of the worst secretaries of defense in history."

And this is the guy who deserved our "respect and gratitude"?