Senator Mike Gravel made some brilliant points in this Democrat candidate debate, but he's an old man, who repeats himself, has frequent verbal tics ("You know something? You know something?"), etc. The impact of television on politics has predictably favoured better rhetoric over better policies. Of particular interest was his first point - if the Democrats had some balls (no pun intended, Pelosi) and were serious about ending the war, or at least making it clear what's keeping it going, they could.