John Kerry saves Christmas:

Sen. John Kerry said Wednesday that the U.S. should bring home 20,000 troops from Iraq over the Christmas holiday if the December elections are successful, and he urged further pullouts as power is handed over to Iraqi officials.

I'm not completely convinced that a troop pullout is a good idea at the moment (though neither am I convinced that it is not; see Sunday's NYT article about Ramadi), but I have to admit that the idea of bringing them home in time for a jolly bit of caroling is karmically attractive. So many Tiny Tims!