If you read the whole interview, you'll see some familiar themes that folks like Karen Hughes were using to defend the ads after the furor erupted. Sure, you can argue that Burlingame was speaking from the gut and that she picked up the "it's been done before" defense from television or radio, but it's not a stretch of the imagination to wonder if she got a call from someone on the right side of the aisle to come to Duh-bya's aid when you look back a few years:

"The U.S. Army has agreed to give Charles Frank Burlingame, the pilot of the American Airlines jet that crashed into the Pentagon Sept. 11, a hero's burial in his own plot at Arlington National Cemetery, Sens. John Warner and George Allen announced Friday. "The secretary of the Army, the administration found enough space in their heart to make the right decision. And that right decision is to allow Captain Burlingame to be buried in his own plot," said Allen."

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"Friday's announcement by Warner and Allen came after days of efforts by lawmakers and negotiations between the military and Burlingame's family. Warner, who introduced legislation to waive the age requirement that had prevented the Navy reservist from getting his own burial plot, said the secretary of the Army informed him of the Pentagon's reversal Friday afternoon."

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