Conrad Burns Promotes Closed Government - But Likes Checkers

I guess Senator Conrad Burns (R-MT) doesn't mind letting everyone know that he (like his dear leader King George) is in favor of secret and closed government, as opposed to his Democratic challenger Jon Tester who wants a government that is open and transparent. In a debate last night, Tester challenged Burns to tell voters what Bush's plan is in Iraq saying that Burns has finally admitted that his “stay the course” position in Iraq is wrong and welcomed the senator to his and the majority of the public's view. This apparently caused Conrad the Barbarian to come completely unglued. Here is a transcript of the response from billingsgazette.com (emphasis mine).... CONRAD BURNS: I said we gotta win. He wants to pull out. He [referring to Tester]wants everybody to know our plan. That's not smart. If you had a plan in order to win are you gonna tell the enemy? He's not...the enemy's not gonna tell us! That is absolutely unbelievable that anyone would take that approach! He says our president don't have a plan. I think he's got one. But he's not gonna tell everybody in the whole world. And if you wanna go out and spar for a fight or you gonna tell your enemy what your plan is...I don't think so. And that's the way we'll win it, Because we want to win it. [SNIP] BURNS: Again he says there's no plan. There is a plan. We're not gonna tell you, John. We're not gonna tell you what our plan is because you'll just go out there and blow it. Period! By heavens, that's just common sense. That's enough. JON TESTER: I just wanna say one thing. BURNS: Wait a minute, hold the phone! TESTER: Ok, all right, all right. MODERATOR: This is his response. TESTER: This is my response... MODERATOR: Just this last word, then we'll move on. BURNS: No, I don't think he has. I think he's out of bounds. MODERATOR: No, no. TESTER: Mike asked me a question, I answered, you get to answer, I get to answer. That's the way it works. BURNS: Oh really? TESTER: Yes. BURNS: Like checkers? TESTER: That's the way it works. Well it's interesting, Senator Burns because I listened to some of your comrades on TV last week who came back from Iraq, I guess they don't know the plan either. The chairman of the Armed Services Committee doesn't know the plan but you do. Because the chairman of the Armed Services Committee says that if things don't change we need to change things. We need to have a plan. Checkers??? Oh my. A new Rasmussen poll shows Tester with a 7 point lead (49% to 42%).