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The Reaction — By Creature “The insinuation from the Obama campaign that John McCain, a former prisoner of war, cheated is outrageous.” -- Nicolle Wallace, McCain spokesperson, reluctantly playing the POW card for the zillionith time. Benen has more. (Cross-posted at State of the Day.)

FMB - Friday McBush Bashing
Discourse.net — Some pretty brutal stuff this week. And something subtle too. And then …. THE GAFFE …. Peter Swire, Wonk Room, McCain’s Privacy Paper Gets His Own Record Wrong CNN Politics, Roberta McCain denies lawsuit against son’s ex-wife — who you gonna believe, the McCains or those lying court documents? WashPo, McCain’s Maverick Side: Grandpa Would Be Proud Mother’s Father Made Fortune on Liquor, Gambling TampaBay Trib, Tropical storm costs McCain a million ThinkProgress, Jindal stumped when asked to ...

A noun, a verb, and P.O.W.
Political Animal — ... ; and 4) in response to allegations he may have heard the questions in advance of Rick Warren's recent candidate forum. The Huffington Post's Sam Stein ...

McCain Camp’s Overplaying of POW Card Called to Account From All Corners
Crooks and Liars — ... took him to task in posts at DailyKos and Huffington Post: We obviously honor and respect McCain’s service and the five-and-a-half years of horror that he went through at the hands of the North Vietnamese; but it’s not an excuse for everything. He has already used it to explain away his infidelities in his first marriage. He’s used it to defend his healthcare plan. He just the other day used it to deflect accusations of having skirted the rules of the Saddleback forum. It’s time for the Senator to ...

SOS! It’s McCain’s POW Card Waterloo
Crooks and Liars — ... Since it’s no longer taboo to point out John McCain’s ridiculous and offensive attempts to use of his experience as a POW as if it’s somehow an excuse for everything from his extramarital affairs to his rule-breaking to his having more pieces of real estate than he can keep track of, and so on, we would be remiss if we didn’t point this one out too. When CNN’s Walter Isaacson confronted John McCain about his professed love of the band of ABBA, which of course was a lame attempt to ...

Game Over
Daily Kos — ... Accused of possibly having heard the questions in advance of Rick Warren’s recent candidate forum, the McCain campaign responded by highlighting McCain’s background as a prisoner of war. ...

POWn’d, You Lose!
Crooks and Liars — ... Even after all of the criticism that John McCain has received recently for repeatedly citing his experience as a POW as an illogical excuse for everything from his extramarital affairs to his rule-breaking to having so many more homes than most people have pairs of shoes that he can’t keep track of them (as if his having been a POW 35 years ago has somehow inoculated McCain from any criticism whatsoever for any thing he does) his campaign sure wasn’t kidding when they responded by letting it be known that it had only just begun ...

The P.O.W. card makes a comeback
Political Animal — ... that he "did not compare Sen. John McCain or Gov. Sarah Palin to George Wallace," but rather, wanted to remind Americans about "toxic language" that can lead to "destructive behavior." Regardless, for those keeping score at home, the McCain campaign has now referenced the senator's P.O.W. background in response to questions about McCain's marital infidelities ; his healthcare plan ; his opinion of Pittsburgh ; his response to allegations he may have heard the questions in advance of Rick Warren's recent candidate forum; his distaste for ...