Tony Blair for President

Tony Blair's moral courage is astounding. It's sad this man will cease to be Prime Minister very soon.

"Our position on the death penalty is well known. We're opposed to it," Blair said. But Blair relented under intense questioning, saying "We are against the death penalty ... whether it's Saddam or anybody else."

"However, what I think is important about this is to recognize that this trial of Saddam has been handled by the Iraqis themselves and they will take the decision about it," he said. "It does give us a very clear reminder of the total and barbaric brutality of that regime. The numbers of people that died, hundreds of thousands of them .... That doesn't alter our position on the death penalty at all, but it simply does give us a reminder of that. "

He sought to play down the importance of Saddam's fate, saying "there are other and bigger issues to talk about."