Oh, well, it was wishful thinking to hope the president would give a shout out to Cape Wind when he talked energy at MIT last week.

But actions speak louder than words. And as the Globe points out today, while the state holds the power to stop the latest NIMBY delaying tactic, the Obama administration could help break the impasse with a well-timed push. Or was all that talk about the urgency of now just a bunch of spin?