"Inadequate time to fullfill possible future commitments."

This White House has a great talent for timing the release of information so that it gets buried and lost in the media shuffle. With all eyes on tonight's debate, the White House last night released President Bush's letter of resignation from the Air National Guard, in which Bush hand wrote the following reason for resigning two years early from his six-year service commitment: "Inadequate time to fullfill possible future commitments."

As Commander-in-Chief, Bush has sent tens of thousands of National Guard soldiers to war. Under the current "stop loss" policy, thousands of members of our supposed "all volunteer" force have been barred from leaving when their terms of service end. (Remember that Bush got to leave before his term of service ended.) Maybe they'd have better luck if they told their commanders they have "inadequate time to fullfill possible future commitments."