The Baghdadi Candidate

The NY Times reports the the following (registration required). It reads in part:

BAGHDAD, Iraq, Oct. 2 - The Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr has begun laying the groundwork to enter Iraq's nascent democratic process, telling Iraqi leaders that he is planning to disband his militia and possibly field candidates for office .

The only thing funnier than this is if as tonight's SNL parody of the debate showed, Bush put Saddam in charge to take control of the country.