Quickies

- Obama's first trip as presumptive nominee is to Appalachia. First stop: Virginia - and not the eastern half he swept in the primary, but the western counties he lost to Clinton by a wide margin.

- David Letterman responds to Cheney's humor

By introducing a new segment on his show, "Dick Cheney, Comedy Genius."

Watch it here.

- McCain is trying to spin/lie his way out of why he voted against creating a federal commission to investigate the Katrina mess:

From Josh Marshall:

McCain's response? "I've supported every investigation and ways of finding out what caused the tragedy. . . ."

The problem is that's just not true. He voted against such a commission -- twice.

- Obama has the Star Wars vote by getting George Lucas' endorsement. This almost makes up for how bad the new Indiana Jones film was.