Three weeks ago here, I linked to a Washington Post report on the dreadful conditions at the Walter Reed Medical Facility. That referral brought a few e-mails from folks who wrote, in essence, that it couldn't be true; that this was just another Washington Post lie to try and embarrass the Bush administration. In short order though, the entire story seems to have been validated, heads are rolling and everyone is scurrying to fix the problem.
Today on one of the cable news networks, I saw a number of sound bites from various folks in the chain of command over all this, all hiding behind the "I didn't know about it" excuse. I don't understand why they think that gets them off the hook. If you're in charge of making sure that our soldiers have decent medical care, aren't you admitting you've failed at your job to say you didn't know that they weren't getting it?