When Washington goes daft

"I would welcome a downgrade. I really would," said one Fox News business commentator last month. In effect: "Don't worry about the consequences of the hostage plan, conservatives said, just focus on the ransom," the WaMonthly noted. The commentator got his wish. "And yet, notice what happened after the downgrade actually occurred -- suddenly the consequences the right "welcomed" are necessarily President Obama's fault, reality notwithstanding." I can't help but be reminded of the last scene in The Bridge on the River Kwai. After the bridge is destroyed by Allied commandos, Major Clipton surveys the carnage incredulously and says, "Madness! ... Madness!"