A man playing G.I. Joe

Joe the General, a/k/a Colin Powell. Because even the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs and Secretary of State is a regular Joe.

Powell today endorsed Barack Obama in very strong terms. The strength of the endorsement and its moral foundations and thorough reasoning are stunning. Colin Powell has his flaws - he was a dupe of the Bush Administration in pushing for the Iraq war (which itself may lend some credulity to his reasoning), and has not been willing to stand behind his true views for far too long (sometimes explained by him being a "good soldier"). But this is an incredible moment.