Signing on to missile defense

Currently, Captain Smirky is pressuring Canada to sign on to his overpriced, underachieving ballistic missile defense system. Here's a suggestion -- Canadian PM Paul Martin should tell Bush he'll get on board as soon as the U.S. is confident the system works, at which Canada will test it by launching a missile at the White House. What's that old saying? "Putting your money where your mouth is," I believe.

(Yes, I know we probably don't even have ballistic missiles in our arsenal. Perhaps Celine Dion fired from a high-speed catapult.)