He does go on and on and on at times…

…but if you sort it out, Joe Biden can make a good point plainly. On (not-so-saintly-lately) McCain's absurd claims about conditions on the Iraqi street, via the Hotline blog...

You may be able to bring order into a neighborhood, but you don't have enough troops to bring order to the country, and even if you did, it doesn't produce a political solution.

Sic 'em, Joe.