“I’ve stopped reading the newspapers.” I don’t know if it will work on the chattering classes, but getting Rumsfeld off the Hill and into Baghdad is a smart morale/pr/get-real move. A reminder this isn’t about Ted Kennedy bloviating, but real peoples’ lives–the Iraqis and our volunteers. I’m sure it will be lost on the media, and only give fodder to the Bush haters, but most Americans, I suspect will get it. Many Iraqis certainly do already. They have to. (See IraqtheModel again today.)