This has nothing to do with COIN either

Just when you start thinking the U.S. vice president is a clown, he goes and does something kinda cool:

Spotted: Vice President Joe Biden joining some members of his Secret Service detail at the bar at Old Ebbitt Grill on Thursday night. Biden stayed 45 minutes, stood the whole time and posed for pictures with anyone who asked.

Hoo-ray democracy! Hoo-ray beer!