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It is time.

In fact, it's way past time.

This Memorial Day I discovered, at long last, why incumbents sometimes hold an advantage over challengers. Following my keynote address at the National World War I Museum and Memorial, also known as the Liberty Memorial, I spoke with a number of the nice people who attended the program. Amongst those who took the time to respond to my speech was a woman who shared a story with me. She told my how she had informed one of my previous opponents that she was going to vote for me, even though she was a lifelong member of his political party.

A sage preacher took the pulpit one Sunday morning to really lay it on his wayward congregation. His sermon was, in part, based on Ezekiel 38:20, "I will pour out torrential rain hailstones, fire and brimstone..." Flipping the pages of his Bible to the 13th chapter of Luke in the Christian Testament, "There will be weeping and gnashing of the teeth."

This Father's Day – I hope for my daughter.

Her voice was beautifully unmistakable. Her writing was unbelievably inspirational. And her life was one of suffering and triumph, pain and courage, survival and success.