Egos writing checks their bodies can't cash

During the postgame "analysis" segment on the "Ed Show," MSNBC heavyweights Ed Sullivan, Chris Matthews and Rachel Maddow -- none of whom have any scholarly (or boots on the ground) expertise in Afghanistan, foreign policy, diplomacy or military affairs -- "graded" President Obama's big Afghanistan speech and assessed whether he knows what he's doing in this troubled region. Their knitted brows were impressive. If you opted instead to watch Bones on TNT, you absolutely, positively made the right decision. If penetrating, well-informed analysis is what you're after, go here, here, here and here. Go here to learn what the president actually told the nation tonight if case you missed it.