Brummett on U.S. Rep. Vic Snyder’s ascension to a powerful military committee post in a time of war. Such prominence, after years in the minority wilderness, makes it hard for me to credit some quiet talk you hear occassionally that Snyder might retire from the House. I think the talk is mostly the wishful thinking of the ambitious in both parties.

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