I agree DTC.
Mickelson didn't stab him in the back though.....it was right in the chest, in full view of the world's media!
Whatever choices Watson made it was difficult to see what he could have done to wrest the cup from Europe.
Mickelson can moan about sitting it out but his RC record isn't exactly sparkling and a Captain goes with his gut instinct.
It was very, very poor form of Lefty to publicly assassinate Watson's character like that and will only foster more ill will within the American team for future events. By all means have it out with your Captain in the locker/team room, but not in a press conference 1 hour after the event, when everyone is hurting and a bit raw.