What I had my eye on this morning

1. Obama turns critical on Iran's regime but does not depart from his original strategy.  Is Obama's master plan to negotiate Iran out of its nuclear ambitions moot regardless of the outcome of the current turmoil?  Jonah Goldberg writes in today's Chicago Tribune. 
2. "As the price of oil goes down, the pace of freedom goes up." Thomas Friedman explains that the issue of US engagement with Iran is not about talks or no talks but about how to gain leverage.  How reducing dependence on foreign oil - in particular, Iran's oil - could cure several issues at once. 
3. On a day when Obama sends representatives to Congress to push healthcare reform, Obama "should come out swinging for the public option."  Why healthcare reform is being held up on Capitol Hill and why the public option is part of the solution, not the problem.    On the other hand, the Washington Post reports the public option to be the most contentious and divisive aspect of the healthcare issue.
4. On the eve of the 59th anniversary of the start of the Korean War, the AP reports today that North Korea has threatened to "wipe out the aggressors [Americans] on the globe once and for all." 
5. While the fight against global warming has recently been overshadowed, John Podesta argues that the House's American Clean Energy and Security Act is a key first step to combat climate change, "with all its scientific, economic, energy, security, and humanitarian dimensions."
6. Where was Governor Sanford of South Carolina?  The State newspaper catches up with the Governor coming back from his secret trip in Argentina.