Not a moment too soon

Why does it sometimes seem that doing the right thing is so hard for our leaders?

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter on Thursday said he was launching a formal inquiry into Justice Department treatment of an American charged by the government after being held by the military for more than three years as an "enemy combatant."

The guy was held for THREE YEARS before he was charged with ANYTHING, and when he finally was charged, the charges had nothing to do with the Bush administration's justification for having held him that long.

It's nice that a senator finally stood up and did the right thing, but why did it take three years?