MR. BRODER GOES TO WASHINGTON:

One starts to get the feeling here that some of the divides in the rift between Mr. Broder and the Democratic caucus are not so much political but cultural. The chairman of the Washington Post Company, Donald Graham, served in Vietnam, and Mr. Broder himself is an army veteran. The notion of a Washington politician declaring a war lost even as American GIs are appearing in arms on the field of battle in the cause of freedom abroad, well it has a way of grating on those who have worn the uniform, a fact that many of Mr. Broder’s readers, if not the 50 senators, understand.

Via reader C.J. Burch, who comments: “I didn’t think congress could get worse under the Democrats. I was wrong. I’m suspecting a number of people are noticing that.”

UPDATE: Reader Timothy Daley points out that James Webb, who signed the letter, “wore the uniform.” Good point. I think the difference is cultural, really. And, as I suggested before, the point it to tell Democratic columnists that they are not to leave the reservation.