What does Bill Richardson have to do to get your vote? What does Bill Richardson have to do to get press coverage? What if he, I don't know, say, went to North Korea, won the return of the remains of American Korean War veterans, got Pyongyang to agree to shut down their nuclear reactor ahead of schedule, and then made a daring crossing of the heavily armed DMZ into South Korea? Would that be something you'd be interested in?

Well, believe it or not, that's exactly what Gov. Richardson did this week. While Clinton and Obama and Edwards were safely in the USA continuing their stump speeches, photo ops and meet-and-greets, Gov. Bill Richardson went around the world, secured the remains of six American soldiers from the Korean War and pushed for action on the North's nuclear disarmament, then entered South Korea from the North in a rare border crossing.

While the current Administration remains stuck in its "Axis of Evil" mentality, Richardson spent four days in North Korea. "Hopefully, we've done our bit to relieve the tension between our two countries," Richardson said after crossing the border, referring to the U.S. and the North.

While in the North on a mission to recover the remains of the U.S. soldiers, his delegation met with officials to press Pyongyang to meet a Saturday deadline to shut down its sole operating nuclear reactor under a February agreement with the U.S. and other regional powers.

On Wednesday, Richardson's group drove two hours from the North Korean capital along virtually traffic-free roads, seeing farmers working fields with their hands and people walking along the highway. The remains of the soldiers were transported separately in small, black cases. They then walked across the North-South frontier at the truce village of Panmunjom, where the two Koreas stand face-to-face across the border that has divided the peninsula since the 1953 cease-fire.

Virtually everyone agrees that Bill Richardson is the most qualified candidate for President based on his resume, and his bold actions regarding drug policy last week simultaneously showed compassion and courage. Now, he's accomplished another timely diplomatic coup, yet the story remains buried in the newspapers behind a shock-jock's racist remarks and the paternity tests on a dead Playmate's daughter.

So come November 2008, who are you going to vote for - the candidate who bought the most media time, or the one who was actually out making this world a better and safer place?