For those of you wondering how long it would take before someone in the media called Rep. Patrick Kennedy “courageous” for blaming his car crash on his “disease,” my calculations put it at about 53 minutes:

MSNBC ANCHOR ALISON STEWART: Do you believe in things like AA and NA and 12-step programs? Are they important in staying sober?
MSNBC ANALYST DR. SUE BAILEY: For many people, absolutely. For many people, the support that comes from those types of AA programs, NA programs, even adult children of alcoholics programs, they can be very supportive, but many people on their own are able to deal with an addiction or a dependence. But for the majority of people, they really need professional help, and again I think it’s courageous for a public figure like Congressman Kennedy to step forward so that others can feel some confidence in their ability to get over an addiction.

More evidence for my theory that ordinarily intelligent people lose about 50 IQ points just by setting foot in a cable news studio.

Video here.

UPDATE: More here.