Top La-Z-Boy imperialist Bill Kristol should be appreciated for his honesty, especially when he reveals something so astounding. Yesterday on Fox News’ “Special Report with Brit Hume,” Kristol trashed former antiterrorism czar Richard Clarke, who has indicted the Bush administration for pre- and post-9/11 misfeasance and malfeasance. Kristol’s chief complaint against Clarke is that he broke an implicit agreement between the equally culpable Democrats and Republicans not to use the other’s antiterrorism failings to score political points.

That is, indeed, how the system works. Did Kristol mean to give so much away?