BETTER COVERUPS NEEDED. Just a brief remark on the Patrick Kennedy situation: Since when did “I was wacked out on pills” become an acceptable cover story? Why is that better than just being drunk?

–Matthew Yglesias

Matthew Yglesias is a senior editor at the Center for American Progress Action Fund, a former Prospect staff writer, and the author of Heads in the Sand: How the Republicans Screw Up Foreign Policy and Foreign Policy Screws Up the Democrats. Follow @mattyglesias