There were no dead bodies in Watergate.

If there were a bunch of Buddhist or Hindus or Roman Catholics carrying out grotesque acts of international terror, I would expect to see their faces on the side of bus.

Two famous happy warriors - Reagan and his political soulmate, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher - knew they were fighting their own ideological and external wars. But they did so with the sunny dispositions and positive outlooks of those who knew they were on the right side of history.

This makes the identification of the dead bodies more difficult.

You got dead bodies down there now that they haven't even picked up since last week,

American presidential leadership never goes out of style.