Caligula’s horse — contd.

“The story of Mr. Kerik’s nomination is one of how a normally careful White House faltered because of Mr. Bush’s personal enthusiasm for Mr. Kerik, a desire by the administration to quickly fill a critical national security job and an apparent lack of candor from Mr. Kerik himself.” [ New York Times .]

I like that bit about “a normally careful White House”. That would have been in, let me see…, Harry Truman’s time?