For want of a nail, the horseshoe was lost;
For want of the shoe, the horse was lost;
For want of the horse, the rider was lost;
For want of the rider, the battle was lost;
For want of the battle, the kingdom was lost,
And all for want of a nail.

Control of the Senate, thus Congress, thus Iraq may lie in this Virginia campaign. How beautiful it would be if the chain of events started by S.R. Sidharth and Macacagate saved thousands of soldiers’ lives and ended this desert misadventure.

The Democratic Party is pulling out all the stops in the Virginia Senate race against George ‘Macaca’ Allen. In the final week before the election, some of the brightest Dem stars — Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Wes Clark and Michael J. Fox — are making their final pitch at rallies for Jim Webb.

Here’s Clark explaining how the Iraqi war has made America less safe: