You just knew this was coming: it appears the White House has pulled the plug on the flag@ program that caused such controversy.

A similar concept worked well for Team Obama during the campaign with their "fight the smears" web site, but as Obama has learned on so many different levels during his first six months in office, governing is a lot different -and a lot more difficult - than campaigning.

It's smart politics to cut bait on another embarrassing and unnecessary distraction, though I'm a bit surprised the White House didn't do it sooner.

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