The reason this is important is because we must never forget that the essential difference between today's Left and Right. The Right takes care of its own, no matter what their crimes. Wingnuts will seek to clothe Rumsfeld, architech of a failed war and one of those who brought torture into our daily American vocabulary, with false glories designed to rehabilitate his legacy. This is so that someday down the line, either in name or in deed, Rummy will be welcomed back into the ranks of "legitimate" Beltway leaders, as well as his policies. He is not and they are not. Everything about his tenure is a disgrace, and his name should be permanently associated with "failure" Here at Corrente, we will never forgive, and never forget. Claremont "Statesmanship" Award.