L. Paul Bremer, formerly head of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, was on The Daily Show last night:

Bremer: As you know, I did support the war. I supported the war because I’ve been involved in the fight on terrorism for twenty-five years now, and I was concerned that the new terrorists, the guys who showed their face here on 9/11, would get their hands on really bad stuff: nuclear, chemical or biological. And I think we need to be very concerned about that. I think that is the preeminent threat to American security.

Jon Stewart: I definitely think we’re still going on that problem. I feel that it would be nice, for once, if the debate we have in this country about our actions is the actual debate that’s going on, and not the one that was invented by the marketing guys.

The Supreme Court disappointed the Bush Administration yesterday when it upheld an Oregon right-to-die law:

The Supreme Court upheld Oregon’s law on physician-assisted suicide yesterday, ruling that the Justice Department may not punish doctors who help terminally ill patients end their lives.

By a vote of 6 to 3, the court ruled that Attorney General John D. Ashcroft exceeded his legal authority in 2001 when he threatened to prohibit doctors from prescribing federally controlled drugs if they authorized lethal doses of the medications under the Oregon Death With Dignity Act.

The ruling struck down one of the administration’s signature policies regarding what President Bush calls the “culture of life” and lifts the last legal cloud over the state’s law, which is unique in the nation. It also frees other states to follow in Oregon’s footsteps, unless Congress acts to the contrary.

If Administration officials seem oddly unconcerned about the negative ruling, perhaps they intend to appeal the case to President Bush himself, whose very word is the only law.