Mark Warner, soon to be ex-Governor of my home state of Virginia, has done a rare thing for a nationally recognized Democrat: he has made sense regarding Iraq. He has come out supporting Bush in no uncertain terms:

The United States needs to set milestones for progress, not a firm withdrawal date, before it can leave Iraq, Virginia governor and prospective Democratic presidential candidate Mark Warner said on Monday.

“This Democrat doesn’t think we need to re-fight how we got into (the Iraq war). I think we need to focus more on how to finish it,” Warner said.

OK, this kind of position can win you the Presidency in 2008. I am 100% against Warner right now, but if he keeps talking like this I will have to change my position.

Warner is a social liberal at heart – he loves tax increases. But the war on terror can trump taxes in some situations. The Republicans need to watch and learn.

Cross posted at No End But Victory. Sorry folks, this post was deemed to partisan to stay posted at the other site. I am working on what is the exact problem.