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Eric Cantor on Obama’s Citizenship and More Sunday Talk

Cantor refuses to call birthers crazy, McCain wants everyone to sit down and shut up at the State of the Union, and Olbermann’s exit gets a postmortem. That and more in our roundup.

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Eric Cantor Doesn’t Like Name-Calling

On Meet the Press, Majority Leader Eric Cantor said that he believes President Obama is an American citizen. However, despite host David Gregory’s best efforts, he refused to disparage the birther contingent, saying, “I don’t think it’s nice to call anyone crazy.”

McCain: Let’s Have Less...

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