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Talking Points Memo | McCain Himself Invokes POW Past To Deflect Criticism Of Houses Gaffe

Talking Points Memo found this 8/24/2008 on tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com

John McCain himself is now POW-POW-POW-ing to deflect criticism of his number-of-houses gaffe. McCain slipped a reference to his war captivity into an interview McCain did with CBS that's airing today. He appeared to be referring to Joe Biden's crack yesterday that McCain has trouble considering people's kitchen table issues because he has to decide which of his own seven kitchen tables to ...