Nixon Was Bad

McGovern Campaign Button Collection
available from Dakota Wesleyan University

It may seem like an obvious statement, but it’s actually just a fragment of the subtitle in Senator George McGovern’s Washington Post op-ed today, advocating the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney.

I believe we have a chance to heal the wounds the nation has suffered in the opening decade of the 21st century. This recovery may take a generation and will depend on the election of a series of rational presidents and Congresses. At age 85, I won’t be around to witness the completion of the difficult rebuilding of our sorely damaged country, but I’d like to hold on long enough to see the healing begin.

There has never been a day in my adult life when I would not have sacrificed that life to save the United States from genuine danger, such as the ones we faced when I served as a bomber pilot in World War II. We must be a great nation because from time to time, we make gigantic blunders, but so far, we have survived and recovered.

Believe on, George. Believe on. (h/t Atrios)