Robert, I didn't vote for the President but I do care for a fellow member and wouldn't want Brian---particularly him---to put his foot in it.

Brian has not only been a generous and thoughtful member but he's engaged with our troops fighting the Taliban in the hottest sector of Afghanistan.

My family has been military for centuries, with Nelson, taking Napoleon into exile, the burning of Washington, Victoria Cross at the Battle of Jutland, piloting bombers over Germany.

I may be misguided but I do care for the military; I am not particularly militaristic.