Obama is the only Presidential candidate campaigning on having spoken out against the illegal, immoral war on Iraq from the beginning. From that perspective, only HE can benefit from the revelations in this McClellan book, What Happened, and the subsequent public relations promotions now ongoing.

So kudos to Scott McClellan for keeping his powder dry until the best political time to fire. In that process he wounded the Democrats' General Election opponent, John McCain, in a manner that will continue to bleed until the last vote is cast.

Some like Karl Rove have their methods of winning; others like Scott McClellan have much more legitimate, refined methods to influence the outcome of an election. He knew exactly what he was doing, and when to do it.

I cannot begin to count the number of times I have heard spokespeople from the Right say today, "This does not sound like the Scott McClellan I know." (Nuanced inference: Scott McClellan has lost it - disregard his words). Karl Rove went so far as to say the words sound as if they came from a liberal blogger ... My FIRST THOUGHT upon hearing these words ... no, they don't sound like the Scott McClellan we thought we knew. But perhaps his father, somewhat acquainted with the subject of the quest for power corrupting and political revelations thereon, advised with the process. You have only to read the first line in the following thread to understand:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discu...

Scott McClellan too is from Texas and must also be cut from the Win-At-All-Costs cloth. He just wears the cowboy hat cocked a little differently....

Sometimes political redemption is slow in coming, but with continued effort, eventually it starts to wash in.

Both Ann Richards and Molly Ivins are smiling down on Scott McClellan tonight.... He's done the State of Texas proud.

Sam