I am very excited that this got done. Of course, we have to try and keep hoping that the incoming congress won't succeed in turning back the clock on it, as they have sworn to do with health care.

But it does make sense. When DADT was first come up with, it was a compromise that was better than what they had before, but over the years, it's been clear that it was still unfair and unworkable. (At the time, I remember telling someone that DADT was OK if they'd have the same rule for straight people. Then guys would have to stop bragging about the women they'd been with, and vice versa.)