A Man of His Word

Harry Reid:

"I think not only should the president appear before the American public and explain what is going on and take a few questions from the press, but certainly the vice president should do that," Sen. Harry Reid told CNN's "Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer."

The Nevada Democrat referred to past comments from the president that anyone found to have been involved in the leak of CIA agent Valerie Plame's name to the media would be fired. Bush later amended his comments to say that anyone guilty of a criminal act would be fired.

"Everyone knows Karl Rove is involved," Reid said. "If the president is a man of his word, Rove should be history."

Rove is widely believed to have been named as "official A" in the five-count indictment handed up Friday against I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.

Good call, Mr. Reid. One can't help but to ask why these firm messages weren't put forward by the Democratic leadership, or at least heard by the public, until now, but that question can wait. The fact is that there's a setup here- Reid challenges Bush as being a "man of his word," which is something that Bush, you know, ran on.

Harry, enlist some other strong-willed Dems to help you with this one. You've got the setup- have somebody knock this one home. Force Bush to either be what he claims, or hammer this home until it exposes him for what he is. Keep hitting this one on the head.