Fatal political narcissism

Our correspondent in bourgeois-bohemian Seattle just sent us this lovely crack-me-up line from George Will (of which he has more than a few:

Politicians have extraordinary shoulder joints that enable them to pat themselves on the back, and last week the president, a master of that calisthenic, performed it in the Rose Garden.

Source: George Will, "Burned by a tobacco bill" (Townhall, June 18, 2009).

[Hat tip to K.K.]