Via Digby, I noticed this Bush quote:

But one way people can help as we're coming down the pike in the 2006 elections, is remember the effect that rhetoric can have on our troops in harm's way, and the effect that rhetoric can have in emboldening or weakening an enemy.

Bubble Boy's concern about the "the tone of this debate" is tied up with the 2006 elections.

It's right there in black and white.

The degree to which he cares about the elections, compared to the troops and that pesky emboldening o' the enemy, is of course a matter of speculation.

But, the 2006 elections are part of the equation.

My profuse apologies for noticing that he plays politics with the very lives of the people in the military. I will shut up and go back to watching TV now.