Pulling up in the Clown Car

McCain is truly losing all connection with any semblance of reality:

McCain gave a set of interviews that could very well overshadow the agenda he had planned for the days ahead.

The first took place on the set of a local Virginia news station. Read a quote from the chair of the state's Republican Party -- who compared Obama to Osama bin Laden since they both "have friends that have bombed the Pentagon" -- McCain claimed he didn't have enough information to judge whether the remark was appropriate.

"I have to look at the context of his remarks," he responded. "I have always repudiated any comments that have been made that were inappropriate about Senator Obama. The fact is that William Ayers was a terrorist and bomber and unrepentant. I don't care about that. But, Sen. Obama ought be the candid and truthful about his relationship with Mr. Ayers..."

Damning as an appeal for context may be, in actuality McCain seemingly didn't know that his own spokeswoman had condemned the remarks as "not appropriate."

But wait, it gets worse:

Around the same time as the Virginia interview aired, the Spanish-language Univision published its own sit down with McCain, in which the Arizonan suggested that there was a direct connection between the September 11 terrorist attacks and the war in Iraq.