This page has previously noted the tendency of politicians, when driven from office, to maunder on about how happy they are to be closing a rewarding chapter in their careers, embarking on new adventures, and -- most hypocritically of all -- spending more time with their long-suffering families.
Until now, we thought this a specifically American cliche. But no. We are not making this up. Mr. Slobodan Milosevic as he took his leave last Friday, and here we quote the account from the Associated Press, congratulated Mr. Kostunica and said in a television address, "I intend to rest a bit and spend some more time with my family and especially with my grandson Marko." The Milosevic family has our best wishes.