[Constitutions Grandchild]

Oh, abb, let it go. It's a free country and Colin Powell as much as admitted the closest he ever got to our party is “leaning”, by his own words. It doesn't make him shameful, it makes him what he's always been, neither fish, nor fowl.

Some in the military thought he was a “tool”, independents liked his seeming objective analysis. I suspect he's somewhere in between. He's just a guy. He's complicated.

No one in the campaign is having fits over him, and it's McCain's campaign. I doubt Gov. Powell will be on the short list for Republicans in the future. He's a Democrat now whether he considers himself one or not. He's always been pro-choice (as is Condi Rice). Can't be a true conservative and hope to get far with that “philosophy”.

[Constitutions Grandchild]

I meant to say, “Gen. Powell,” not “Gov. Powell”

[Melas]

Very well said. A breath of reason in a sea of end game emotions. I always hate this time in the cycle because it seems like insanity sets in.