Finally, Lieberman calls for Rumsfeld's resignation

Today, Joe Lieberman called for Donald Rumsfeld's resignation. [AP] What I don't understand is why he's waited until now. It has been more than two years since the editors of The Economist called for his resignation with their dramatic "Resign, Rumsfeld" cover. [Economist] And it has been more than a year and a half since Rumsfeld himself admitted that, during the Abu Ghraib scandal, he asked the President whether he should resign on two separate occasions. [CNN]

Don't get me wrong - I don't think that Lieberman adjusting his political stances based on his constituents' beliefs constitutes a "flip flop" of any sort. The whole purpose of a representative democracy is that the voters' opinions will have a strong influence on elected officials' political stances. That said, if Lieberman is going to call for Rumsfeld's resignation, he might as well go ahead and admit that the whole war was a bad idea. My recommendation? Just admit that we should have listened to Brent Scowcroft, one of President George H. W. Bush's top military advisors during the first Gulf War, when he warned us: "Don't Attack Saddam." [Wall Street Journal]