Common sense? From a Republican? WTF?

Is the calendar right? Is this an election year? Jeff Flake is showing way too much reasonableness and rational thought during this, our summer of hot air and hotter vitriol.

Responding to a post from Florida Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Congressman Flake wrote in The Hill's CongressBlog:

More of the Same Won’t Work for Cuba Policy

July 11th, 2006

It’s certainly prudent for the U.S. to begin to think about how we will interact with a post-Castro Cuba. However, it would be imprudent to keep in place policies that have made Castro the longest-reigning dictator in the world.

Simply put, more of the same won’t hasten democratic reforms in Cuba.

The interests of democracy, both in Cuba and here in the U.S., would be better served by a more honest examination of our current Cuba policy.

Keep up this brand of moderation and you just might be kicked out of the Republican party, no matter what kind of fiscal and social conservative cred you have.