Lyn Nofziger, who died Monday at the age of 81, never really got the credit he deserved for helping Ronald Reagan become President. And, as a modest man, he never tried to inflate his own importance.

But he did claim credit for teaching Ronald Reagan what he called the three rules of presidential politics:

1. That right doesn't always win out in the end.

2. That the U.S. cavalry will not always come riding to the rescue at the last minute.

And

3. That God really doesn't care who is President of the United States.

Reagan listened to this good advice, and was a better leader because of it. It's too bad that Lyn won't be around any more to whisper the same advice into the ear of our current President -- not that W would ever listen to anything he didn't want to hear.