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Today is the Great American Smoke Out, the perfect day to speculate, as Michael Kinsley has in today's Washington Post, that it's doubtful that Barack Obama has really managed to kick the habit: "If Obama actually has accomplished the miracle of giving up cigarettes at the apogee of a presidential race, he should be happy to let us know this and add to his superman image." But Kinsley appears willing to forgive him for his sins: "Obama's steely calm is now one of our country's major assets. If he needs an occasional cigarette to preserve it, let's hand him an ashtray, offer him a light and look the other way." [WaPo]