CHAPTER 9,472. I am afraid that this is going to become something of a recurring theme over the next couple of years, but have I mentioned that there isn’t an important issue these days on which John McCain won’t pander to the worst instincts of the Haggard Base of the Republican party?

Thanks, John. You can play a bigot on TV for a week. (Tip o’ the cap to the AmericaBlog folks.)

–Charles P. Pierce

Sam Rosenfeld, a former web editor for the Prospect, is visiting assistant professor of government at Wesleyan University, beginning in September.