Obama had his most irreverent answer yet on the question of whether some of the vitriolic reaction to his health care plan is driven at least partly by racism. “First of all, I think it’s important to realize that I was actually black before the election,” Obama said to huge laughs from Letterman and the audience. Responded Letterman: “How long have you been a black man?”

He’s black? I thought he just had a really good tan!

Anyway, watch the clip.

I think that President Obama is probably one of the most seen and heard Presidents of the last several presidents (at least the ones I can remember). And that is probably a good thing for this country.