Soundbites.

Obama does a great job beating back McCain at the VFW, but what's it worth when no one is listening? The captive audience was receptive, but as with any good, well-defined policy commentary it took too long to get out and, if anything, will be chopped into criticizable bits before airing on any news. It's a shame that in order to make a point and be heard you need to do it in two sentences, but that's the reality. Obama absolutely needs to go on the offensive, an this speech shows he's well prepared to do it.