I know it's been said before. All too often the "fake news" of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report surpass the supposed "real" news media, in scope, substance and of course perspective.

Last night's Colbert Report really hit the spot, because it achieved (for me at least) the complete opposite of punditry: It gave me a fresh perspective on a piece of history that I was previously only mildly aware of.

With comedic grace, Stephen Colbert demonstrated the similarities in today's primary races with the George McGovern's fight against the establishment in both his own party and then the general election against Richard Nixon. The comedic bits were capped off with an interview with George McGovern himself.

Of course there was a certain amount of truthiness to the episode, but overall it gave me just as much food for thought as laughter.

I'd link to some Youtube clips but the topic filled most of the episode. I'm too lazy to figure out where you could watch its entirety online, but if you're so inclined I would say last night's episode was as good as any to dig out. Colbert packed more in that half-hour than any of the 24/7 news channels report in a week.

Hats off to Stephen Colbert and his excellent writing team as well.