Didn’t get to everything today, so here’s the remainder:

• Rep. Eric Massa, a 24-year Navy veteran and a freshman Democratic Congressman, made an impassioned speech calling for an end to the war in Afghanistan. The video is well worth watching, and the call worth heeding, especially in light of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff acknowledging that Hamid Karzai, our partner in the country, has “questionable” legitimacy.

• The Senate Finance Committee apparently botched the temporary high-risk pools called for by President Obama, which came late in the debate. You may have to wait six months to qualify for them, which will infuriate the uninsured. That needs to be fixed.

• There was outrage today about a a report that 13 Wall Street firms received doses of the H1N1 vaccine before high-risk populations. Congress went right to work – talking about the issue. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) wants hearings, and Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) wrote the Secretary of Health and Human Services for an explanation.

• Mahmoud Abbas, head of the Palestinian Authority, will reportedly not seek re-election, yet another blow to peace efforts in the Middle East. The more things change…

• Today’s “spontaneous” tea party in Washington was not that spontaneous – in fact, it featured people bused in by corporate astroturf groups like Americans for Prosperity.

• At a hearing today on adding LGBT individuals to the Employee Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), organized by Sen. Jeff Merkley, the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, Thomas Perez, testified strongly in favor of the legislation.

• Because it’s never too early for 2012 President polls, here you go. Mike Huckabee appears to have the best base of support at the moment. Must be that Fox News weekend show.

• Moves in Congress: The House passed a bill to quicken the reforms in the credit card bill passed earlier this year, because banks were taking advantage of customers to wrong out more money leading up to the effective date; a bill guaranteeing paid sick days moves in Congress; and Barney Frank may tighten up derivatives rules in the financial regulatory reform bill.

• This is very good news from Fannie Mae. They’re basically adapting the “own-to-rent” policy for all of their homes. Under what they call the “Deeds for Lease” program, “qualifying homeowners facing foreclosure will be able to remain in their homes by signing a lease in connection with the voluntary transfer of the property deed back to the lender.” It keeps people in homes, keeps the surrounding property value up and ends the economic ripple effect caused by foreclosure. A great move by Fannie Mae and the government.

• The government settled out of court in a case of Muslim-Americans abused by the John Ashcroft-led Justice Department after 9/11. The DoJ racially profiled Muslims and illegally detained – and abused – suspects based on no evidence. Five men will get $1.26 million dollars.

• Professional ass Dick Armey, after escorting Doug Hoffman to a disastrous editorial board meeting and dismissing their astonishment that Hoffman knew nothing about local issues in NY-23, comes out and says Hoffman should have paid more attention to local issues. Wanker.

• A new study from the Blue-Green Alliance shows that clean energy investment could yield as many as 850,000 new jobs for America, particularly if Congress enacts a renewable energy standard that would mandate that a percentage of all electricity in the country comes from renewables.

• Remember when Sarah Palin’s book debuts on the NYT bestseller list that the conservative movement sells their own books at a massive discount and even pulps some of them to give the illusion of boosted sales.

• And Chris Matthews criticizes Barack Obama for vacationing on Martha’s Vineyard, conveniently forgetting his own series of vacations on Martha’s Vineyard. Maybe Matthews is trying to say he wouldn’t want anyone as shallow and vapid as him in politics.