Doug Wead has regrets and will surrender his secret tapes to Bush

That's right, and you heard it here first: the man who surreptitiously taped private conversations with then-candidate George W. Bush will now surrender all of his material to the President. If Bush is smart, these tapes will become part of the collection of his eventual Presidential Library--because from what I've heard of them so far, they reveal nothing that we didn't already know, and say nothing embarrassing. They show that Bush has, throughout his public career and the recent campaign and term of office, been scrupulously honest about what he really feels about various issues.

Doug Wead has taken a lot of criticism lately, both for making the tapes surreptitiously and for releasing them to, of all media, The New York Times. Turning them over to the other party to the conversation is the only proper thing he could have done--and I give the man credit for having thought to do this himself. He also canceled scheduled appearances with Chris Matthews on Hardball and on Sean Hannity's radio program.