Merited – wink, wink, nudge, nudge, know what I mean? Merited. Say no more.

Headline of the Day (AP): “Baucus: Girlfriend Merited US Attorney Nomination.”

Tone-Deaf Quote of the Day: In a story about how, when Gordon Brown visited wounded troops, the majority refused to speak to him, Brown is quoted thusly: “There is nothing more heartbreaking than, as I did this week, meeting a teenager who has lost a leg.” Unless perhaps it’s being a teenager who has lost a leg.