A friend emails:
Remember when McCain suspended his campaign and Obama said a president has to be able to do more than one thing at a time? Yet, today health care rollout is all he can do. He appears to be afraid of alienating the Ahmadinejad forces that stole the election because he wants to offer them a grand bargain. It is reminiscent of the Chicken Kiev policy advocated the last time the "realists" were calling the foreign policy shots. The fist is clenched vs. the Iranian people and all Obama can do is make his case for government run health care.
The president is expected to break his silence momentarily. It only took three days, reminding me of another moment from the campaign trail -- when Obama called on the Georgians to "show restraint" as columns of Russian armor poured into the country. It was about three days later that Obama finally came around to a responsible position.
