Last night, we had a political grandstandfest, er, debate. And there was an actual, you know, exchange of views.

The thing is that both men are right. We do have an obligation to try to fix Iraq and we do have an obligation to leave if it can’t be fixed.

We need more moments like this. I feel a tide turning in this country — away from buzz words, one-liners and demagoguery to serious discussion. Or discussion anyway. Thank God for people like Ron Paul who’ve had the temerity to mix it up and the eloquence to do in a way that can’t just be sound-bitten away.