Couple of things

- Turns out the birther nut, er, Georgia solider who refused deployment to Afghanistan based on his belief that President Obama was born in Kenya asked to go in the first place ... after previously signing on as a plaintiff in a lawsuit contending Obama wasn't born in the U.S.. Seems like someone's fishing for publicity ...

- In light of this tragically inept reporting by the Associated Press - which isn't shocking given how quickly their work has fallen off in the past two years - perhaps it's important to keep in mind the actual proposals.

- Do you say borderline insane and arguably inaccurate things? Apparently it means you can raise a lot of money.

- Understandably, this would be a good opportunity for Michael Thurmond. I, however, would much rather him stay in his current seat as Labor Commissioner.

- Regarding the health care funding issue ... the primary reason the reporting is, well, lazy is because it discounts the other two options for health care funding ... including the one actually endorsed by the president. Thus, it assumes the proposal from House Democrats, which differs from the president's proposal, is actually the president's proposal. That, of course, is logically impossible.