So you do have to wonder: The Decider says, on Iraq, it's his way or the highway. Congress, Shmongress, the People, the Shmeeple.

Simple question: when do Congress and the nation grow a pair, impeach and remove the son of a bitch and throw his pompous, entitled ass in jail, where it belongs? Let's be really clear here: if Bush goes through with this escalation in the face of a Congressional refusal to fund it, that's a constitutional crisis of the first order; that's what Iran-Contra was all about.

In an interview broadcast last night on CBS's "60 Minutes," Bush said he has the authority as commander in chief to move ahead with the deployment, regardless of what the Democratic-controlled Congress does in opposition.

"In this situation, I do, yeah," Bush said. "I fully understand they could try to stop me from doing it. But I've made my decision. And we're going forward."

National security adviser Stephen J. Hadley said yesterday that the money is already in place to begin moving additional troops to Iraq.

He may fancy himself such, but George Bush is not a king. He may have to be reminded of that, rather forcefully.