The Wrath of Khan!

I just got word of the latest situation in Parliament. Wajid Khan, an Ontario Liberal MP, has recently crossed over to the Tories. Apparently Khan was given the choice by Dion to either continue advising Harper on mid-east issues as a Tory, or stop advising him all together and tow the party line. If this is indeed what Mr. Dion did I believe it is a bad mistake. This decision will only give fodder to those who argue that the "new" Liberal party is the same top-down operation as the Party under previous leaders. As I understand it, Khan was simply trying to help the government in its mid-east policy by shedding some light on the boarder situation between Afghanistan and Pakistan (Khan is a former pilot in the Pakistani military).

I think Khan's decision, if it was genuinly for the benefit of the soldiers in Afghanistan, was the right one. Mr. Dion, on the other hand, has to pick his battles more carfully in the future.