I love watching the news on TV, reading newspapers, etc. so when one of the storied journalists in our nation's history dies I think it worth a moment of silence.

This observation is derived from an interview with General William Westermoreland I witnessed many years ago. Way before Tet, with the enemy beaten back across the river to Hanoi, and the South relatively secured. Westmoreland asked Johnson what he wanted him to do next. Johnson told Westmoreland that he wanted him to win the war. Westmoreland told Johnson that, in order to do so, the river had to be crossed. Johnson refused fearing a wider war with China. Cronkite's opining had no part in that nor the outcome. Johnson, a tried and true Texas rancher. hogtied Westmoreland. The necessary go for broke never happened. You can't win a war you're not willing to fight.

The rest is history.

Game, set, match.