Ralph Nader told a crowd of college students Tuesday that Bush should be impeached.

"When you plunge our country into war on a platform of fabrications and deceptions, and you bring back thousands of American soldiers who are sick, injured or dead, and that war is unconstitutionally authorized to begin with, Mr. Bush's behavior qualifies for the high crimes and misdemeanor impeachment clause of the Constitution," the 2000 Green Party presidential nominee said to applause from about 200 students at Columbia College Chicago.

Nader said President Clinton was impeached for "far less of an offense." "Lying under oath is not a trivial offense, but it cannot compare with deceiving the American people night after night after night on national television, staging untruths and rejecting the advice of his advisers," he said.

He's right. But it's not going to happen. On the other hand, Nader still has the ability to influence youth. We wish he would use it to get out the vote for John Kerry and boot Bush at the polls in November, rather than promoting a pipe dream.