A New Hope To Fix An Old Mistake

Earlier this week, the Philadelphia Gay News was pretty upset with Barack Obama here for not accepting an invitation to grant an interview (Hillary Clinton did – “Straight Talk” McCain was invited also…don’t ask).

Well today, Obama tells us here…

The Democratic presidential front-runner favors repealing the "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays, which was instituted during the Clinton administration. He said his priority for the Joint Chiefs will be that they make decisions to strengthen the military and keep the country safe, not their position on the policy.

"I would never make this a litmus test for the Joint Chiefs of Staff," Obama said in an interview with The Advocate, a gay newsmagazine.

I got into this a little over a year ago here, but unlike then, there is now hope that we may see a commander-in-chief who lives in the real world and cares foremost about how well our troops serve our country, as opposed to intrusively poking around in an effort to learn about their bedroom habits instead.