I love you, Mike Gravel

Here's just one reason, re: getting the F up out of Iraq:

"You pass the law, not a resolution, a law making it a felony to stay there. And I'll give you the text of it... if you're worried about filibuster, here's what you do tactically. They can pass it in the House. We've got the votes there...In the Senate, let them filibuster it. And let Reid call up every -- at 12:00 every day to have a cloture vote. And let the American people see clearly who's keeping the war going and who's not....You want to -- you want to tell the Iraqis how to run their country. I got to tell you, we should just plain get out -- just plain get out. It's their country. They're asking us to leave. And we insist on staying there. And why not get out? What harm is it going to do? Oh, you hear the statement, "Well, my God, these soldiers will have died in vain." The entire deaths of Vietnam died in vain. And they're dying in vain right this very second. And you know what's worse than a soldier dying in vain? It's more soldiers dying in vain. That's what's worse."
Orangeburg, South Carolina - April 26, 2007

There are many more reasons, too, not least of which is his utterly inspiring faith in the will of the people to steer the country on the right course... Hey, when is the WaPo magazine article about him hitting stands??