For a day or two they'll say what they think they have to say, but over the next few weeks it will be very interesting to see how many people had a deeply vested interest in Saddam not being captured, and what their reactions will be. Beginning with the front-runners in the Democrat presidential race.

Just ask yourself one question: in the privacy of his own home (or wherever he was), what do you think Howard Dean's reaction was when informed that Saddam had been captured? Do you really, in your heart of hearts, believe his reaction was joy?