41.   Buchanan nearly sucker-punched GOP stalwart and authentic war hero Bob Dole out of the presidential race.

42.   But Bush said that being a war hero alone is not enough to sell voters.

43.   But even the irreverent Kerrey, a war hero like McCain, did not command the attention that McCain does.

44.   But Bush starts with a major edge transferred from another war hero, his father.

45.   But does anyone care about war heroes anymore?

46.   But Eisenhower was a war hero.

47.   But Laxalt says the former war hero is up to the job.

48.   But not even Eisenhower, a five-star war hero, had the Republican establishment kneeling at his feet this far in advance of the election.

49.   But other war heroes, from George Washington to Andrew Jackson, from U.S. Grant to Eisenhower, have successfully made the transition to presidential candidacy.

50.   But shall we rename the marathon, that street fair of competitive sports, because it trivializes the original run of a Greek war hero?