Metaphor alert: This afternoon, Obama will be touting his health-care plans from the “perishables” section of a Kroger’s grocery store.

It’s like he’s trying to help spread my “expiration date” catchphrase.

UPDATE: Mary Katharine Ham tweets a line she expects to hear today: “So, your grandma is kinda like this week-old cantaloupe — wrinkly, slowly dying, overly sweet, and frankly, not worth a lot of money.”