I think it’s a little weird that both John McCain and Sarah Palin have parachuted onto the Saturday Night Live set in order to help the show sink their campaign. But you sort of get it: Palin was trying to rack up some brownie points for 2012. And McCain, well, McCain is pretty clearly trying to kneecap Palin’s 2012 ambitions:

As I said, weird. But sort of entertaining.

Ezra Klein is a former Prospect writer and current editor-in-chief at Vox. His work has appeared in the LA Times, The Guardian, The Washington Monthly, The New Republic, Slate, and The Columbia Journalism Review. He’s been a commentator on MSNBC, CNN, NPR, and more.