Oh Charley

As you may have seen around the news of late, Charles Kennedy, the leader of the Liberal Democrats (the third largest party in England -- and a frequent star on Prime Ministers' Questions) has resigned from his post, citing his alcohol problem.

As the Times notes today, he is just one in a long line of British politicians who've been into the bottle. So what's the point?

"Mr. Kennedy's problem was not drunkenness per se, but an impolitic failure to function effectively while drunk."