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Mickey Kaus calls Dick Morris's unsolicited advice to George Bush on Iraq "deeply cynical." And who can argue with the proposition that Dick Morris is a scumbag? But Kaus's own advice to Bush on soldiers killed in Iraq is equally, if not more, cynical and scummy:

The PR solution for Bush seems obvious: He should go to the memorial for a soldier killed in Iraq, take the pulpit and deliver a eulogy about why this was a sacrifice worth making. ... Elegies are easy! Bush's doesn't have to be the Gettysburg Address or touch the face of God. If it's memorable at all it will help Bush immeasurably and put an end to the Kerry camp's latest victimhood play. (First the 9/11 families get painted as Bush victims, now G.I.s.) ... And if the eulogy's not memorable ... well, it won't be remembered! A can't-lose proposition. ...

A can't lose proposition except for the dead soldier and his or her family and friends -- but all up-side for Bush's campaign P.R. Of course, Kaus wouldn't know sacrifice if it bit him on the ass.