If you’ve been ignoring all the buzz about Iraq war veteran Paul Hackett’s run for Congress, now might be the time to at least commit his name to memory. Hackett, a Democrat, just barely lost yesterday in his closely-watched attempt to win in a deep red district of Ohio by running as a critic of Bush’s war. The fact that Hackett came within a few points of winning (after calling Bush a “chicken hawk” and “a cheerleader for the enemy”) is strong evidence that Republicans may be very vulnerable on Iraq in 2006. And Hackett will now be shorthand for that promising vulnerability.