I want to go on record as saying this is a dispicable manner treting Rumsfeld this way. Being the political patriot he is, he knows the game and will play by the rules. He did not have to be SECDEF but answered the call. He could have undermined the President numerous times as Powell and other's did. This is how you get rewarded in a Bush administration. Loyalty only seems to flow one way according to the Bush's. How many good people have the Bush's abandoned and thrown under the bus? This is the last straw for me. I will never, never vote for anyone connected to the Bush's ever again.
The only possible saving grace in this departure [ obviously requested ]: In their smoky back room, they obviously concluded that Pelosi and the Rats primary attack on the WOT...would be to force Rummy into non-stop hearings...hamstringing his effectiveness...and giving the RATs endless public theater, and sound-bites to huff and puff and blow the White House down.