Dr. Who?

Shaila Dewan sets out in the New York Times to examine the controversy over a new MLK sculpture proposed for the national mall in Washington D.C. in Larger Than Life, More to Fight Over . But a startling line detracts from an otherwise interesting, well-reported piece:

In a flourish that the commission secretary now says he regrets, the letter also said that the statue made Dr. King look “confrontational.”

From the Washington Monument on, no memorial has been erected on the Mall without a bruising debate. But there is something about Dr. King that makes the simple act of commemoration a thicket of controversy.

Yeah, I wonder why it is that commemorating Dr. King comes with some much controversy.

Maybe we should ask John McCain.