I stood up in my seat (big mistake, was driving through NH at the time) and cheered when Powell said that McCain's response to the woman who claimed that Obama is an arab was wrong. Powell said he should not have simply said "no he's a christian", but instead "why does that matter". I agree CarolC - I've been nursing a Powell grudge, but that statement alone lifted him way up in his self-dug hole. Way up.

And isn't it funny that Powell, the very figure of truth and virtue when he addressed the UN in 2003, is now being called a misguided racist by the people who championed his unquestionable integrity back then.