How Not to Play the Washington PR Game - How on earth did the SLDN miss the opportunity to mark the tenth anniversary of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" with condemnations from the three highest ranking gay ex-military officers ever to go public? Instead, more than a week late and one major media event short, the NYTimes breaks the story. Now before we go and get excited about admirals and generals coming out, we should note that we're talking about generals in the Army Reserves and the surgeon-general (surgeon-admiral?) of the Coast Guard. They aren't exactly Tommy Franks and the commander of the 101st Airborne. Neverthesless, there's some weight to this story and it could have made so much more impact if the SLDN or its upstart competition for gay-warrior mindspace, the CSSMM, could have produced a media moment. Sigh... maybe next time.