“In the almost 17 years since the ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ legislation was passed, attitudes and circumstances have changed…I fully support the new approach presented to the Senate Armed Services Committee this week by Secretary of Defense Gates and Admiral Mullen.”

-Colin Powell

It would have been nice if Colin Powell had supported gays in the military back in the day, but better late than never.  Coming on the heels of John McCain’s backtacking on the issue, its good to see a Republican change his mind in the right direction.