The unwritten British Constitution operates on the quaintly-expressed principle that ‘the Queen can do no wrong’. In the Congress’ monarchical system, it is understood that Sonia Gandhi can do no wrong; she is just ‘misled’. It does no good to the self-esteem of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that his spin-doctors have to fall back on the same plea that in pushing through PJ Thomas’ appointment as Central Vigilance Commissioner, he erred because he too was ‘misled’.