Maybe kendall is referring to this: "This habit appalls even Grover Norquist, a prominent conservative who normally supports Bush. In The New York Review of Books, Washington journalist Elizabeth Drew offers this quote from Norquist: "If you interpret the Constitution's saying that the president is commander-in-chief to mean that the president can do anything he wants — and can ignore the laws — you don't have a constitution: you have a king."

http://thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotian/516577.html

Its actually a very good article about the Canadian perspective and is addressed to our Prime Minister who is so anxious to be pals with Georgie-porgie.