ON THAT OBAMA BOTCHED-NEGOTIATION STORY, Tom Maguire emails to tell me I’m smarter than I realize:

Last summer you linked to Keith Hennessey’s next-day rebuttal of Obama’s claim that Republicans were to blame for the debt talk collapse. He told the same story the WaPo has here.

To be fair, the Times and WaPo caught up with the gist a few days later (Times readers had to read deep and between the lines), and this WaPo piece adds lots of detail.

I’m just not smart enough to remember that without reader assistance. Oh, well, that’s why I have readers. Related: Liz Peek: Obama Loses Credibility Over Debt Deal.