Unfortunately, like many those in a position to do something or that were required to act, he wasn't prepared and didn't react as decisively as he could have.

Something tells me this will come up in the debates.

This, as an isolated insident, isn't a nail in the coffin to Mr. Bush' s re-election. But in the full context of what could have been done after 9-11 and the decisions that have been made to fight terror between 9-12 and today, I think we can do better.