Quick Hits

Just a few short bits to catch up on this scorcher of a day:

• It's official: Larry Craig resigns.
  

• Bush met Friday with military leaders, who pressed urgent concerns about strains on the military due to long deployments in Iraq. Nut graf: "Indications are that Bush intends to stick with his current approach, at least into 2008, despite persistent pressure from the Democrat-led Congress - including some prominent Republicans - to find a new course."

• Mitt Romney (thinks he) is More Important Than You Are: Romney's rather pliable view of law enforcement is in the news again. Romney received a police escort between campaign stops in South Carolina - complete with flashing lights and traveling 10 to 15 mph over the posted limit - by Saluda County Sheriff Jason Booth, who also happens to be a Romney supporter. Choice Booth quote: "We wanted to make sure he stays safe and gets to where he's going," Booth told The Associated Press.

• Fred Thompson will make an appearance at this Wednesday's Republican debate in New Hampshire. After the New Hampshire Union Leader warned that if he didn't show up, people might conclude he wasn't prepared, Thompson - wait a minute. He won't be onstage at the debate. He just bought time for an ad that will run immediately pre-debate. Hmm. Is it really the best strategy to remind people that you're not there?

• Apparently Rudy! cannot be prevented from attending the 9/11 commemoration - but some hope he's not permitted to speak. Spokesman Tony Carbonetti reponds: "If you know Rudy Giuliani, he'd be down there paying his respects whether he was invited or not," Carbonetti said in a statement. "To say he's politicizing it -- he never would do anything like that." Of course not.

• Taking a cue from television networks' annual upfronts, David Petraeus has booked Radio City Music Hall to unveil his report about the troop 'Surge.' No word yet on Jay Leno's availability as master of ceremonies.
  

Okay, I made up that last one.