Many have blasted Biden for the callousness of his answer. I don’t deny that Biden is callous, among many other faults. But I think this relatively minor incident is one more sign of his catastrophic mental collapse. If he were even moderately sentient, it would have been easy to express sympathy for those who have died. At only a slightly higher level of awareness, he could have parroted the “global warming” theme that so many liberals have shamefully trotted out. And I don’t doubt he would have done so, had he been prepared by aides and had a teleprompter close at hand.

[In our TEMS podcast coming up later today, Andrew Malcolm and I came to the same conclusion. — Ed]