Al Sharpton, as usual, has one of the best quotes yet about the capture of Saddam Hussein (via Cursor) :

SHARPTON: Oh, I don’t think the capture of Saddam Hussein in any way justifies the war. I congratulate the military. I think it is good that he has been captured, but I don’t think that it in any way justifies the fact that we were told there were weapons of mass destruction and that we were in eminent danger and we had to go into a military operation.

We also see that this may not end the bloodshed. I think that in the spirit of this moment that the president ought to immediately try and appeal to a world body to take over, particularly the U.N. and appeal to Secretary General Kofi Annan and begin withdrawal of troops.

We have Hussein now. I think that we need to use this moment to withdraw and end occupation. I think the debate now will shift to occupation and the need of such occupation. And so I don’t think any of us that were opposed to the war were pro-Hussein, but I don’t think the capture of Hussein nine months later in any way justifies the American public and the general international public being told we were going in because of weapons that clearly were not there at that time.

LIN: But there is the opportunity now to interview Saddam Hussein to find out about weapons of mass destruction, if in fact they exist and where they are. Clearly, this is going to be useful to the United States and the war on terror.

SHARPTON: Well, if we went to war to get an interview, I don’t think that’s what we were told. We went to war because we said we knew there were weapons. Not that we wanted to capture and interview him to see if there was weapons.

We all know Sharpton can’t (and shouldn’t) win the nomination, but I hope whoever wins puts him in the cabinet as Secretary of One-Liners or something.