McCain Said What?

Hilzoy wrote the blog post that I meant to write last Thursday or Friday. My husband called me up absolutely apoplectic over the Reuters article about McCain dishing on when Obama would be in Iraq.

"Is this how he plans to win the election? Get his opponent killed beforehand."

McCain did break a huge rule about not discussing travel into combat areas and I haven't heard that he's apologized for doing so yet. Hilzoy pointed out just how major this slip is.

This is not just another screwup from McCain. It is very, very serious. There are things you are just Not Supposed To Talk About. This is one of them. If McCain doesn't have the common sense, the decency, and the discipline not to talk about them, that's a very serious problem. Since I'm not willing to assume he did this out of malice, I have to conclude that he just let this slip. But if he were President, we would need to count on him not to let things like this slip. Apparently, we can't. And that's a very big deal.

So when do you think we'll see this discussed by the traditional media? Not ever would be my guess, though they did avoid making the same mistake themselves.