The Living Man

What to make of the Cadman Affair? I hope it isn't true. Lot's of people are pretty confident that it will come to nothing. PM Harper has fired off a libel notice to Goodale, Ignatieff and Dion. So, he has an ace up his sleeve, it looks like. Could be a bluff.

The thing that I keep thinking about are the living actions of Chuck Cadman. If most Canadians have given themselves over to forfeiting any grievance towards a dead man, I say fine. At this point there seems little value in debating that inclination. But, if this story spirals into something more and the actions of Chuck Cadman go unaccounted for how can any person say with certainty what had happened?

Any conservative should concern themselves with the particulars of this story and speak up where the actions of our elected officials aren't aligned with our principles. But, we should also remember that whatever imbroglio the PMO has fallen into, the living Mr. Cadman was a party to it. Whether Mr. Cadman proves himself squeaky clean or otherwise, his actions, his words will be brought to bear scrutiny. The task for conservatives is to diminish the opportunity for our opponents to ramp up a maudlin pageant and still display a level of solemnity due the Cadman family.

I never had any problem with Chuck Cadman's sustaining vote for the Martin government. I didn't agree with him, but I appreciated his reasons for remaining outside that white hot pyre in his last days.