Steve Benen’s comprehensive list of McCain policy reversals, combined with today’s weird spin from the McCain campaign has inspired me: Maybe it’s time to start compiling an equally comprehensive list of every single time McCain, a McCain surrogate, or a McCain friend in the press uses McCain’s POW experience to deflect criticism on something unrelated?
Besides the above example, I can think of four other ones off the top of my head. Leave any that I’m missing in the comments. If we can get up to ten, then I’m giving the list its own page!
[...] 10:05: Did you know that John McCain was a prisoner of war? Rudy Giuliani brought that up just now, but I swear I’ve never heard that before. [...]