I'm watching "60 Minutes" tonight

Tonight, Former Texas Lieutenant Governor Ben Barnes will appear on CBS to discuss his role in keeping young George W. Bush safely out of Vietnam by securing him a coveted spot in the Texas Air National Guard. Most Texans are familiar with the story and most who have been paying close attention know there are still gaps in Bush’s service record that support the conclusion that not only did our Bush find a way to avoid service in Vietnam,'’He broke his contract with the United States government – without any adverse consequences. And the Texas Air National Guard was complicit in allowing this to happen,” as retired Army Colonel Gerald A. Lechliter, told the Boston Globe after studying Bush’s records. Lechliter went on to say, ‘’He was a pilot. It cost the government a million dollars to train him to fly. So he should have been held to an even higher standard.”

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Perhaps the RNC expects Barnes to change his story tonight. We don’t. We think Barnes is too smart for that. We might even go so far as to say that Barnes’ coming forward in this matter represents something of an omen of things to come. After all,Barnes, who has grown rich and powerful as a lobbyist and behind the scenes player, didn’t get that way by placing stupid political bets. Some might even go so far as to say that his coming forward means the smart money in Texas is betting on a change of administrations in Washington.

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