Gov. David Paterson was right to insist on a vote to legalize same-sex marriage during the current special session, but he was too weak to get the job done.

Gov. David Paterson was right to insist on a vote to legalize same-sex marriage during the current special session, but he was too weak to get the job done.

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"If you go to West Point tomorrow night (Tuesday, 8pm) and announce that you are increasing, rather than withdrawing, the troops in Afghanistan, you are the new war president. Pure and simple. And with that you will do the worst possible thing you could do -- destroy the hopes and dreams so many millions have placed in you."