Harry Reid's mind clears

"Depend upon it, sir," as Samuel Johnson said, "when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully." Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid faces the election of his life in November, and it has concentrated his mind wonderfully, as CNN reports:

Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid is breaking ranks with President Obama over the issue of the proposed construction of a controversial Islamic center and mosque just blocks away from Ground Zero.

"The First Amendment protects freedom of religion," spokesman Jim Manley said in a statement. "Sen. Reid respects that but thinks that the mosque should be built some place else."

I agree with the Senator: the mosque should be built somewhere else. That's not a matter of the First Amendment; it's a matter of common sense, and of respect for the feelings of the country. Blue skies! -- Dan Ford