at a time when the military s overextended and guys are doing two, three, four tours, and meshed together, you re going to say this is not the right time? it s ridiculous. let me ask you. i ll take the other views here. let s try this other argument. is the don t ask, don t tell policy basically used not to embarrass people in terms of orientation, but it s one more prod toward some sort of disciplinary measure, if you can t admit you re gay, you re putting one extra prod in the discipline order? it was initially put in place as a stepping stone. was it? i believe so. and you think we re at a time now we can move beyond. i think senator mccain is wrong. there s no better time to move on when we are at war. if you were the chairman of the joint chiefs and told by the commander in chief, go for it, put this into effect over the next year, what changes would you do in the military code of