Senator Clinton discovered Rumsfeld’s usefulness two weeks ago when she moved herself into the position of one who believes that a good war has been badly managed. Calling for Rumsfeld’s dismissal is an easy ploy that keeps her in that group of American political leaders playing both ends against the middle. It is a group that cannot admit the folly of the war they voted to support but that now must distance themselves from what has become an obvious fiasco, destructive to the national interest and ruinous to the future of large segments of the Iraqi population. She is not alone – Joementum Lieberman has joined the Rummy must resign club and now Representative Shays, another Connecticut supporter of the war has determined – after some 14 trips to Iraq – that it is going badly. This will be the safe mantra for this election year, but were Rumsfeld to quit would it really make a difference?