The point of this piece at Think Progress shouldn't merely be that Sen. "Straight Talk Express" refuses to raise taxes to pay for the war in Iraq but why.  When Mr. Integrity says "I'm not sure what the point would be." he's really saying, "Al, did I mention I'm gonna run for President again?"  Frankly advocating a tax increase on your political base on top of pushing for an unpopular escalation of the war would be just too much for America's favorite Senator.