O'Connor's Final Breath

The folly around Ottawa that is known as Gordon O'Connor has reached new heights.

The front-bench disgrace is apparently about to take his last tank ride as President Harper faces mounting pressure from within his muzzled caucus to launch the shell-shocked defence minister to the obscurity of the back benches, or beyond.

O'Connor's own defence of why he has repeatedly mislead the House of Commons over his handling of paying for funerals of our fallen soldiers in Afghanistan proves why the former military lobbyist has got to go - and soon.

If, as he says, he instructed his department to fix the problem months ago then why are grieving parents coming forward to say otherwise.

The truth is the department has lost all confidence in O'Connor and refuse to carry out his orders. That alone is enough to dump him.

Whispers on the front lines also suggest Rick Hillier, the overly political chief of defence staff, is becoming increasingly disillusioned by the late-night phone calls to come to O'Connor's rescue everytime he screws up.

Stay tuned. We hear a tank rumbling in the not too distance future.