CHATTERBOX TURNS HAWK
Slate's Tim Noah says Colin Powell persuaded him to support war on Iraq. My fellow conservatives, especially the ones who all along have doubted Powell's loyalty or hinted that he's been insubordinate toward President Bush, this is why he's on the team. Powell can persuade the Bush-haters (and to be fair to Noah, those who are merely anti-Bush without hating him) that the administration is following the appropriate course. Without Powell, public support on the Iraq question probably wouldn't be as healthy as it is today.Now, if we could just find a British version of Powell to save Tony Blair...