<p>This adage comes from Rumsfeld’s Rules (search), which the Defense Secretary currently under fire attributes to that other Illinois politico Abraham Lincoln, who was once under even more fire than Rumsfeld is today.</p>
<p>Don Rumsfeld is seldom portrayed as a friend. He’s had so many roles in public life — and been so public in that life — that little ink is left for personal pieces on the man, up-close-and-personal.</p>