YESTERDAY, John Kerry called the New York Times to blast the Bush administration’s North Korea policy. As David Sanger wrote in today’s front-page Times story, it is “highly unusual for Mr. Kerry to seek out a reporter on Sunday, when he had no public appearances scheduled, to attack Mr. Bush.”

Still, the Bush administration’s North Korea policy is a subject of legitimate debate, and Kerry is entitled to call a New York Times reporter, even on Sunday, to press his case. But what is stunning is how little of a case Kerry had to press, even though he had chosen the topic and the occasion.