During a recent 60 Minutes profile, General McChrystal revealed that, prior to their recent meeting in Copenhagen, the president had spoken to him once — repeat, once – in the first 70 days after he took command of U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Today, Matt Yglesias writes:

Meanwhile, some of these stories about various generals not getting the kind of tender loving care from Obama that they came to expect from Bush seem to me to defy common sense. There’s a finite amount of time in the day. A major financial crisis and global recession arose last fall. Dealing with that takes time. Obama, unlike Bush, acknowledges the scientific evidence that the world is poised on the brink of catastrophic climate change. Dealing with that takes time. There’s a need for new financial regulations. Dealing with that takes time. A new administration needs to appoint hundreds of people to various jobs and get them confirmed. That takes times. And the administration is trying to pursue comprehensive health care reform. That also takes time. Doing lots of things that take lots of time leaves less time for other things.

I must say, that is some truly impressive toadying.