Obama and the Ground Zero mosque | Michael Tomasky

There were a hundred excellent reasons to duck it and stay out of it. But what the hell. He's the president

Yes, I'm leaving for the beach momentarily, and my daughter is in my lap and for the moment not crying, but I felt obliged to write a quick take on Obama and the lower Manhattan mosque.

Good for him for saying what he did. There were a hundred excellent reasons to duck it and stay out of it. But what the hell. He's the president. A president ought to lead sometimes. Say what he actually t...