Observation of the Day

From Kimberly Strassel in today's WSJ.

...Guantanamo will join the growing list of security tools that President Obama once criticized as out of keeping with American values but has since discovered are very in keeping with protecting the nation. Wiretapping, renditions, military tribunals, Gitmo -- it turns out the Bush people weren't a bunch of yahoos but often thoughtful defenders against terrorism.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124234679032521923.html#mod=todays_us_opinion

I personally would have left out the modifier, "often".