All Roads Lead To... Palestine?

Is it, like, a kind of presidential mid-life crisis that somewhere toward the end of their last term they become obsessed with the idea of bringing peace to the Middle East? Do U.S. Presidents experience an eleventh hour "come to Jesus" moment where the light bulb goes off and suddenly they realize they must -- Must! -- bring the Israelites and the Palestinians together?

Bush has completely, almost spitefully, ignored the topic for seven years and now, suddenly, it's at the top of his agenda.

It seems like just yesterday we went through this with Clinton.