Dub's Dignity

sevens over at King's Journal left a comment at the Right Wing News that I appreciate. The comment points out a trait about Dub that we might not notice; here's an excerpt:

"Staying true to his colors, President Bush is allowing all those involved with the capture to speak first. Whenever there is something big happening, President Bush never is the first on camera - trying to take the credit - he lets those involved speak first and receive the credit they rightly deserve.

He has done this since the beginning of his administration, when in the first several months China brought down one of our surveillance planes - Pres. Bush allowed the families to meet at the airport rather than showing up himself and grabbing all the rightly deserved praise for adverting a hostile standoff.

It's not good for the polls, but such handling of affairs just speaks volumes about the dignity Dub conducts the office with.

UPDATE: WaPo runs an analysis piece on the reactions by Dub and other political figures entitled, "No Gloating as Bush Lauds 'Hopeful Day'". Excerpt:

Bush aides and surrogates were under instruction to portray the capture as a triumph for the Iraqis and for the military rather than for Bush's policy. "In talking to the president this morning, he made it very clear in his own mind that politics has nothing, nothing, nothing to do with today, nor should it have anything to do with today, that today is a celebration for the Iraqi people," Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) said on "Fox News Sunday."