Speaking of My Guest: Here's a list of the things we've learned from the Spain bombings:

1. Al-quaida and Iraq are allies. If Al-quaida is going to the trouble to blow up trains to retaliate for countries helping in Iraq, it becomes painfully obvious they're in it with Iraq.

2. Despite what everybody says about the lack of Iraq/Al-quaida connections, in their hearts everybody has always believed they were in it together. This is apparent from how quickly even the biggest war detractors said that if Al-quaida was behind the bombings, it was as punishment for Spain's support in Iraq.

3. The threat of terrorism is not exaggerated. The terrorists are into killing people, and they will do so as often as they need to and are capable of.

4. They can only be encouraged. If we attack them, they will fight back. If we surrender to them, like the people of Spain did, they'll just be encouraged to do the same thing elsewhere. The only way to get it to stop is to track down every one of them.

5. Kerry isn't willing to do whatever it takes. Therefore, to me, the election is a no-brainer.