Joe Wilson -- "frog-marched" by the Washington Post

I admit it: I'm taking far too much pleasure in this editorial smackdown of Joe Wilson today in the Washington Post. Final paragraph:

Nevertheless, it now appears that the person most responsible for the end of Ms. Plame's CIA career is Mr. Wilson. Mr. Wilson chose to go public with an explosive charge, claiming -- falsely, as it turned out -- that he had debunked reports of Iraqi uranium-shopping in Niger and that his report had circulated to senior administration officials. He ought to have expected that both those officials and journalists such as Mr. Novak would ask why a retired ambassador would have been sent on such a mission and that the answer would point to his wife. He diverted responsibility from himself and his false charges by claiming that President Bush's closest aides had engaged in an illegal conspiracy. It's unfortunate that so many people took him seriously.

Of course, there are extremely serious problems, and there should be quite serious consequences, when the self-inflated Wilson acts to cripple a White House in the middle of its efforts to lead our nation in war. Recall, the wretched Wilson famously hoped to see Karl Rove "frog-marched" out of the White House in handcuffs.

But I for one find some solace in imagining the impact of this Washington Post editorial will hit someone like Wilson where it hurts most, as this public humiliation signals throughout town the need for his name to be deleted off the best guest lists and his pompadoured personage to be "frog-marched" out of the best Washington society dinners.