Everybody has “free advice” for the president — whoever the president is — and, most of the time, it’s worth what it costs. But occasionally there is a nugget that is really, really good. A reader sent me this:

Jay,
I think you’ll agree that if the president wanted to be a mensch he’d make a public display of taking the family to the nearest Whole Foods and buying some arugula. He’d be asked about the boycott and he could say, “I think it’s silly to pass up good-tasting arugula just because someone has different views about health care.” It would madden his base, but it would be a step toward winning back the center as it would hearken back to his claims of being post-partisan.

Hell, if Obama acted this way, he’d be a shoo-in for ’12, or near it.