You might think that. I couldn't possibly comment.

Michael Ignatieff's years in Britain were not entirely ill-spent. He seems to have picked up the art of the political stiletto, applying the knife to his rival with exquisite courtesy:

And there is no way to avoid the fact that Mr. Volpe’s campaign difficulties have caused reputational damage to a party that I’m sure he loves as much as I do. Mr. Volpe must draw his own conclusions.

As for Volpe -- well, no, he's never been one for subtlety, so why start now?

"I don't need to take lessons about how to serve the party from anybody," Volpe snapped... Afterward, Volpe told reporters that Ignatieff is "very Republican-minded."