After his foolish comment Tuesday night about how it seemed like President Obama had entered the “enemy camp” in West Point when he gave his speech about the U.S.'s future military campaign in Afghanistan, MSBNC's Matthews last night apologized to West Point, its officers, and its cadets. That's a good start, but Matthews still needs to apologize to Obama, because he insulted the president as well.

Matthews needs to apologize to Obama, and to Democrats, because Matthews' idiotic comment was born out of the pundit's ingrained CW that Democrats can't do national security and that the armed forces are naturally distrustful of Democratic presidents. And that when a Democratic leader visits West Point he's somehow entering foreign or hostile territory.

Note to Matthews: Obama's the commander-in-chief. No Democratic president ought to have to prove to talkers like Matthews that the military remains loyal to the President of the United States.