This weekend's political leadership case study felt like a Frank Capra film script of a chapter from John F. Kennedy's Profiles in Courage, as House Speaker Mike Johnson reversed course and stared down threats from extremists in his party, such as Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz, and Paul Gosar, in passing $95 billion in military support for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. It's not often that Fox News, CNN, and The New York Times all see things the same way when it come to Washington, D.C., political events, yet Johnson somehow won the acclaim of all these outlets.

Defying those fellow GOP legislators echoing former President Donald Trump's American First isolationism, which he also once shared, Speaker Johnson announced, "History judges us for what we do," at the Capitol last week. "This is a critical time right now. I could make a selfish decision and do something that's different. But I'm doing here what I believe to be the right thing. I think providing lethal aid to Ukraine right now is critically important." This accidental leader house speaker gave political pundits whiplash in his eagerness to advance the $95 billion foreign aid bill through the House on Saturday showing a historic ideological trajectory for the conservative Louisiana Republican.

Johnson explained his conversion after meeting with intelligence leaders, military experts, and fellow top congressional leaders. "I really do believe the intel,"........

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