Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden has caught considerable flak in the past couple of days for asking a wheelchair-bound veteran to stand up at a rally in Missouri.

First, it’s not clear from the video that he could see the wheelchair, and he had no way of knowing (unless his advance staff had told him) that the local man he was introducing was wheelchair bound. But his reaction, once he realized the situation, was endearing, at least to me, especially when he says, “God love ya, what am I talkin’ about.”

It’s an obvious mistake, for which I think Biden has been unfairly criticized.