Unusual Statement by Howard Dean

This is from an interview in Salon today.

"First of all, I say what I think and I stand up for what I believe in even when it's not popular. No Child Left Behind and the war are two examples of that. It's easy to stand up when the polls are in your favor. The president I admire most in the last 60 years is Harry Truman because he did exactly that and he's one of the great presidents of the last century."

So Harry Truman was a great president because he stood up when polls were in his favor? That's funny, I could have sworn it was the other way around.