Presidents give lots of good speeches. Indeed, it’s hard to imagine rising to the highest office in the land without being able to give lots of good speeches. And good speeches are usually good enough.

But every now and then, the moment calls for a great speech. I witnessed one of those times in 2015 when then-President Barack Obama delivered the eulogy for the victims of the Mother Emanuel AME Church shooting in Charleston, S.C. Although the president was not a member of my party, and although I disagreed with most things he did in office, the speech he delivered to honor Clementa Pinckney, my former colleague in the South Carolina Senate, was truly moving. He delivered a message of unity and healing at a time and place where it was desperately needed. It was, without a doubt, a great speech.

Last Sunday night was another one of those sorts of moments. Less than 24 hours after the failed assassination of former President Trump, the country was understandably unsettled, even frightened over what had almost just happened. Against that backdrop, Biden sat down behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office to address the nation on one of the........

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