Learning from Bush And Blair

An interesting proposal from the British Tory leader, David Cameron:

The Tory leader kicked off his Election campaign yesterday by pledging to create a cross-party 'war cabinet' if he wins power. In the first of a series of eyecatching policy proposals, David Cameron used his New Year speech to announce that he would give Labour and the Liberal Democrats seats in a new 'cabinet' which will oversee the conflict in Afghanistan.

'I will invite leaders of the main opposition parties to attend the war cabinet on a regular basis so they can offer their advice and insights,' Mr Cameron said. 'When a nation is at war, it needs to pull together.'

Imagine if Karl Rove had taken that tack in 2002. But in this, Cameron is following Obama's choice of Bob Gates as SecDef.