Cliff, speaking of missions–the mission was accomplished for the president tonight. The mission was something like: to state where we were in this war, buck people up, set that clear vision for why we’re there and for how long–which is, until victory. He did that. And he put the war in better context than he sometimes does, frankly. He always nails that freedom thing–let freedom ring. But he drove it home, literally–to not far from where I am right now–which doesn’t happen enough. And he cites successes, which is no small thing–it’s not exactly your opener on the evening news daily (or the Daily Show, where I rather get my news from).