This Robert Novak column is interesting, not so much because of what it says but because he's saying it. A lot of Republicans are probably mulling over when they're going to distance themselves from George W. Bush and over which issues. The new Medicare prescription plan, which almost no one is willing to defend, is a good starting point. Novak is the kind of columnist who pretty much just takes dictation from some powerful Republican with a story to plant. Wonder who dictated this one.