Quote of the day, from Paul Rieckhoff on Hardball:

"Our troops are not political props, and they aren't chew toys".

Indeed.

Remember that Rieckhoff is an Iraq War vet, and founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. He was responding to the GWBush speech today to the VFW, and also to Ari Fleischer's (R-Warmonger) new war porn group.

Here's from the IAVA response to the speech: Read more…