ALMOST ROYALS:

Biden bids farewell to son, other war-bound troops (Thomas Ferraro, 10/03/08, Reuters)

U.S. Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden bid a safe farewell on Friday to 112 "citizen soldiers" headed to Iraq, including his son, and told them "thank you for answering the call of your country."

"God bless you and may He protect you," Biden said a day after his debate with his Republican rival Sarah Palin, who as Alaska's governor saluted her 20-year-old son off to war last month.

Pretty cool--especially given how rare it is in the political class--that three of the four nominees have sons serving in the WoT.

Posted by Orrin Judd at October 3, 2008 7:42 PM