Quick Fix 6 — 6/17/05

APhoto Fix: Still wearing her bridal gown, Iranian Elahe Mirzaie, fills out her ballot paper to cast her vote to cast in the Iranian presidential elections earlier today. See Top of the News Fix.

The Senate Armed Services Committee chairman yesterday accused Sen. Richard J. Durbin of insulting American soldiers with a “grievous error in judgment” by comparing U.S. treatment of al Qaeda suspects to the crimes of Adolf Hitler, Josef Stalin and Pol Pot, and demanded that the Senate’s No. 2 Democrat apologize, according to the Washington Times, here .

1. Political ‘Toon Fix: Chuck Asay ( White Christian homophobes, etc. ), Gary Varvel ( Michael Jackson trial ), and Mike Luckovich ( Michael Jackson sleepovers ).

2. Here’s an interesting statistic - according to “Cosmo”, over 30% of men between the ages of 18 and 34 still live with their parents. These men are known as “Star Wars” fans — Jay Leno.

3. My Way Fix: This Day in History here , Today’s Birthdays here and Word of the Day here .

4. Top of the News Fix: Hilton Hardee burger ad pulled in Tennessee here , Iranians vote in prez elections here , Poll: 94% believe Bush misled nation into war here , Group wants cancer warning on potato chips here , and PETA members arrested on animal cruelty charges here .

5. Approval Ratings Fix: You can find the public approval ratings of all 100 U.S. senators here .

6. Opinion Fix: William Saletan /Slate ( Terri Schiavo’s autopsy ), National Review ( Schiavo autopsy changes nothing ), Joe Conason /NY Observer ( New low in Hillary bashing ), Rich Lowery /National Review ( Father is best ), and R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. /Washington Times ( Howard Dean ).

Feedback: Durbin’s comments. I think he went over the line. While I disagree with the right-wing premise that this is an insult to all American forces, Durbin needs to apologize; not for hammering on the treatment of the prisoners, but for his hyperbolic statement — Ryan Hill.