I can think of some reasons to think that Evan Bayh would be a good Vice Presidential candidate. But I think if he wants on the ticket, he needs some more effective advocates than Al From:
“The antiwar people cannot define the Democratic Party,” said Al From, a founder of the centrist Democratic Leadership Council, of which Mr. Bayh was chairman for four years. “I think Evan’s real strength is you get someone on the ticket who has a record of being strong on national security, and that is a very important quality to have.”
To his credit, I’ve rarely if ever heard Bayh talk like that. But this presumption that having been wrong about Iraq is a sign of strength is curiously widespread in Washington, and really dopey. I think it’s true that the mere fact of having been against the war isn’t necessarily indicative of brilliant judgment (Quakers and such who just oppose all war as a matter of principle aren’t really showing judgment in particular cases) but clearly having been for the war is a bug not a feature.
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