Props to Senator Warner

As a dyed in the wool Democrat, it would seem odd that I am proud to have John Warner as one of the Commonwealth’s Senators. He is a man with whom I often disagree on policy, but he has integrity, a wicked intellect, and a sense of common decency that is missing from all too many people, let alone politicians.

The Senator did Virginia proud yesterday by taking correct if unpopular (to Republicans anyway) stand.

March 13, 2007 — In a rare rebuke of the nation's top military officer, Sen. John Warner, R-Va., says he strongly disagrees with Gen. Peter Pace's views that homosexuality is "immoral."

"I respectfully, but strongly, disagree with the chairman's view that homosexuality is immoral," Warner said in a statement released by his office.

Granted, this was not the toughest call Warner has ever had to make, but it would have been far easier for him to say nothing. For that, he gets a gold star.