David Petraeus will soon see a fellow four-star elected to Congress from Massachusetts. College administrator Niki Tsongas, the widow of the late Senator Paul Tsongas, won a commanding primary victory in the Bay State yesterday. The special election is being held to find a replacement for Congressman Marty Meehan who resigned a few months back.

The most interesting thing, however, about Tsongas’s win is what she said in her victory speech, “The selection is a referendum on the presidency of George W. Bush. If you want to end the war in Iraq, join me and send a message to the White House.”

I had not realized that being a one-term Congresswoman, from a district that hasn’t elected a Republican to represent it since 1973, would give you the power to change the course of American foreign policy, not to mention, shift the opinions of the Commander-in-Chief. Funny how every Democrat being elected to Congress these days thinks that once they are sworn in they’ll be given an officers uniform with a couple of stars attached to the shoulders.

Ever watchful, ever mindful.

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