As many of you may know, two years ago I suffered the loss in a fire of my girlfriend of 22 years. I had to say kaddish for her two weeks ago, and as any of you who has ever lost a loved one, those dates are burned into your soul. The idea that Biden dissembles about Beau’s death (no, he did not die in Iraq)  is terribly troubling.

Either:

• he is outright lying;
• his brain is truly oatmeal;
• his handlers find it a convenient “outrage” topic; or
• we embrace the power of “and.”