Unlike John Edwards, who supported the Iraq War when running for president before abandoning his position to cozy-up with the Left, Sen. Joe Lieberman remains a profile in courage. From today's Washington Post:

"I'm not surprised that there's a primary challenge," Lieberman conceded. According to a February poll by Quinnipiac University, 61 percent of state voters said invading Iraq was the wrong thing to do. But the former Democratic vice presidential nominee said he will not back down from his position.

"It's one that I believe is in the best interests of the country," Lieberman said recently, after a trip to the Middle East. If he has put his job at risk, he said, so be it.

Perhaps Iowa Gov. Vilsack, Sen. Hillary Clinton and other members of the Democratic Leadership Council will get around to defending Sen. Lieberman a lot more than they have so far. After all, isn't the Lieberman challenge exactly what the DLC was created for in the first place?