Sad: “Lance Armstrong said his hopes of Tour de France victory are finished after he struggled in the Alps and was caught up in three crashes during an eighth stage won by Andy Schleck of Luxembourg on Sunday.”

Fred Barnes asks, Could Erskine Bowles lead on Social Security reform? “The commission, which reports in December after the midterm election, could give Mr. Obama an advantage Mr. Bush didn’t have five years ago. He’d have bipartisan cover to go full tilt to enact meaningful reform of Social Security. Mr. Bush was on his own and attracted little support, either from Republicans or Democrats.”