NO SURPRISE that General Peter Pace is trying to calm things after his downright shocking statement that homosexual sex is immoral. Both Democrats and Republicans were distressed at Pace's moral judgment:

House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she was "disappointed in the moral judgment" voiced by Pace and the military should consider changing policy on allowing gays to serve in its ranks.

"We need patriotic Americans who exist across the board in our population," the California Democrat said. "We don't need a moral judgment from the Chairman of Joint Chiefs."

Republican Sen. John Warner, a veteran member of the Senate's Armed Services Committee, said through a spokesman: "I respectfully but strongly disagree with the chairman's view that homosexuality is immoral."

We are now on Day 2 of the official Pace Resignation Countdown Watch.