Kind of a sensationalist headline, but bear with me. Here is Obama saying in Pittsburgh that "no one's been a more stalwart ally of Israel" than him. Here is Biden saying last night that "no one in the United States Senate has been a better friend to Israel" than him. One of them is obviously... reaching. And while this isn't really a scandal - notwithstanding Biden's continuing eagerness to trump his running mate - it's a good time to remind people that they're both wrong.

Of course they're going to degrade US-Israeli ties. It's what their foreign policy team thinks has to be done:

That's what his foreign policy team thinks needs to be done to promote American interests. It will be a White House that changes US priorities. It will be friendlier with Hamas and friendlier with Syria and friendlier with radical Muslim countries and friendlier with Hezbollah - all at the expense of Israel. Following the personal declarations of Obama, it will obviously be friendlier with Iran. And it will be an administration institutionally predisposed to blame Israel for Middle East instability across the board.

How about this: Biden once tried to zero out aid to Israel. Since there are Senators who haven't tried to zero out aid to Israel, can Biden really be the best friend Israel's had in the Senate?

References:
* 'Bitter' flap regrettable, Obama says [PPG]
* Transcript of Palin, Biden debate [CNN]
* Obama Isn't Anti-Israel Because... Umm... Err... Because He Just Isn't OK? [MR]
* NJDC: Biden Is Pro-Israel Because... Umm... Err... Because He Just Is OK? [MR]
* Palin Speech Now Online, Liberal Jewish Groups Reach New Heights Of Pro-Obama Denials, Fabrications, And Smears [MR]
* Palin Speech Now Online, Liberal Jewish Groups Reach New Heights Of Pro-Obama Denials, Fabrications, And Smears [MR]
* Obama Surrogates Now Openly And Demonstrably Lying About Biden's Anti-Israel Policies [MR]

Previously:
* Turns Out, The Devout Republican Evangelical Governor Of Alaska Has A Soft Spot For Israel
* JStreet Tools Proudly Declare Their Inability To Distinguish Between Reality And What They'd Like Reality To Be
* He Misspoke: Biden's Obnoxiously Smug Assertion About Hezbollah Was Actually An Aggressively Stupid Policy About Syria (Plus: They Just Don't Know Stuff)