[See NewsBusters for more.] Most people do not commemorate other people's colonoscopies, but the Friday panel of Inside Politics on CNN is not most people. From host John King to chief political correspondent Dana Bash to Congressional correspondent Ryan Nobles, President Biden's procedure was a time to mark the fact that for the first time a woman held presidential authority.
King noted the grand, historical nature of Vice President Harris' brief stint as acting president, "It's a routine physical. It's a moment that -- but it is a moment that will be noted in the history books that America for an hour and 25 minutes had a woman commander-in-chief."