In light of the recent Bhutto assassination and the fact that Edwards is resuscitating a subject that seems to have been politically disappeared, this image is really disturbing.

The photo accompanies an article yesterday by controversial NYT writer, Michael Gordon, outlining John Edwards's just announced proposal for an accelerated troop pullout from Iraq. The article, however, is not a news story so much as it is a mugging.

In the fifth paragraph, Mr. Gordon takes a now...