This Job Is Gettin' to Me

Before I started copy editing, I never would have questioned this lede from an AP story:

President Barack Obama on Thursday shelved a Bush-era plan for an Eastern European missile defense plan that has been a major irritant in relations with Russia.

But these days I can't even pay attention to the meaning of the words because I'm too distracted by: a plan for a plan.

I 'spose I would have edited that to read: "... shelved a Bush-era Eastern European missle defense plan ..."