Actually, I was thinking, along the lines of Gen. Pace's criticism of Murtha being misplaced, that it really is the administration that undermines national readiness for defense. People are less inclined to opt for military service if they believe the administration is not using the military for the highest priority of national defense. Murtha's remarks are so right on the money I'm surprised that there hasn't been significant media and editorial follow-up. Pace, if he didn't have to suck up to the administration, should be criticizing the prez, not Murtha.