Kerry's doing exactly the right thing by avoiding Iraq as an topic right now.

I'm not thrilled to think this is inadvertent, though.

But fact is that the Bush Adminstration is imploding over the issue, without any help from the opposition.

Kerry would only make himself an easier target were he to talk more about all this now. The NYT reports that the GOP heavyweights are so desperate to change the subject and move the Iraq problem to someone else, that they're virtually pinning Berg's beheading on Kerry... (echoed and amplified immediately by Fox News and Rush, of course)

But soundbites are good; McCain as Secretary of Defense was a good one.

Of course, nothing Kerry says on any other topic is being heard. His campaign shouldn't assume later that America understands Kerry's health policy proposals, for example ....

But silence is OK as long as the Bushies continue to self-chum in the roiled waters...