It wasn’t unexpected today when President Obama relieved Gen. Stanley McChrystal of command of the Afghanistan war effort. The president had every right to do it, and few will fault him for making the decision he did.

At the same time, Obama “demoted” Gen. David Petraeus from his perch as head of U.S. Central Command and put him in charge of the Afghanistan theater. This move suggests that Obama may still be serious about winning in Afghanistan. Further evidence of that commitment would be the dismissal of U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry and special envoy Richard Holbrooke – both of whom have a horrible relationship with Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

As President Obama reaches out to Petraeus to help salvage the “good” war, this video, courtesy of the Powerline guys, is evidence that Obama may be beginning to realize that governing is hard and requires responsibility.

As you can see, being a senator is not hard and requires no responsibility. An apology for his demagoguery to former President George W. Bush would be both appropriate and refreshing.