Knowing basic stuff is surely a good idea for any citizen in a democracy, Bill? For example, in this case, knowing that there is no reason whatsover to believe that Iraq had anything to do with September 11th - and George Bush has even said that he accepts that.

How people choose to vote and the opinions they hold about what needs to be done are something else entirely. But I'd have assumed that there'd be agreement across political lines that ignorance about such things is pretty worrying and pretty shameful.