While I am a fan of Ted Olson’s and I would like to see him confirmed if nominated, and while I don’t want to associate myself with all of the sentiments or tone of this post by Dave Weigel over at Reason, Weigel is absolutely correct that arguing for Olson’s confirmation primarily or solely because his wife (our friend Barbara Olson) died on 9/11 would be shameless, intellectually indefensible and absolutely gratuitous. Olson would be entirely qualified for the job if Barbara hadn’t died tragically at the hands of murderers. Quite simply, arguing that Olson should be Attorney General because he’s a 9/11 widower is just plain crazy talk.