No, but we sure spent yesterday talking about it anyway, didn't we? But I guess if Obama had doubled down on it, they would have had to swallow and accept it right?

And...even if it were coordinated:

Good.

Boo f!@#$%^ hoo, Johnny boy.

They are REALLY threatened when somebody with stellar military credentials questions the emperor's wardrobe, aren't they. Fun to watch. If we're really lucky maybe Johnny will have a full-scale meltdown one of these days.

And it's really great seeing the Obama campaign get its act together today. I think they were just caught off guard yesterday. I'm feeling a whole lot better now.

Wow, this is so out in left field.....I saw that interview, and Sen. Webb actually did just the opposite. He was very respectful of McCain and all soldiers and veterans, very happy to get his G.I. bill passed, which was why he was on in the first place. When pressed by Olbermann if Bush and McCain, who are taking credit for the passing of that bill, were really involved or instrumental in getting it done, Webb had to admit no, they were not. Then he made the point that we should keep the military out of politics and focus on issues.

Exactly what happened here, did McCain have his hearing-aid turned down?

Just off the wall now, truly.

This is the quote from Webb:

And John McCain's my long-time friend, if that is one area that I would ask him to calm down on, it`s that, don't be standing up and uttering your political views and implying that all the people in the military support them because they don't, any more than when the Democrats have political issues during the Vietnam War. Let's get the politics out of the military, take care of our military people, or have our political arguments in other areas

The idea of collusion between Webb and the Obama campaign on this is hilarious because this is essentially the same thing Webb said about a year ago when he faced off against Lindsey Graham on "Meet the Press". In both cases, the message was "don't put political words into the mouths of soldiers."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTiuYCZ9Xiw

SO WHAT if people were "demeaning" your military service? They're not, but what if they were? Put on your big-girl undies and deal with it.

Honestly! Maybe being 892 out of 894 at West Point is a HUGE qualification for POTUS. Maybe crashing all those training planes was fantastic leadership experience. Maybe there's something there that the former Supreme Commander of NATO former Asst Secty of the Navy aren't qualified to comment on, or aren't experienced enough to see. Tell us what it is. We'll wait.

The getting shot down and the POW stuff are too tragic for me to make light of. The killing of innocents from the sky is too serious for me to make a joke out of.

I'm just saying -- quit whining and make your straight-talky-mavericky-cranky-old-fart case, whatever it is.

Americans hate crybabies. I know I do.

Question: I know TPM and the left wing blogs are tracking it down minute-by-minute. But I wonder how this story is being played on MSM?

Anyone?

McCain is so sensitive about his military record because it's so weak and can hurt him in different ways.

1. He got into the Naval Academy and got the best assignment after graduating in the bottom 1% because of His father the admiral. That makes him elite.

2. He did so poorly at the naval Academy for a bright guy and that makes him frivolous, non-serious, and/or lazy.

3. He did so poorly as an airman, crashing three planes before Vietnam and getting shot down after about twenty total hours of combat flight. That makes him incompetent and intensifies criticism about why he was an aviator in the first place.

4. As a POW he was out of the loop on learning any strategy, diplomacy, when to delegate, how to make decisions that have no good outcomes, and so on -- all the things one wants a battle-trained leader of the military to learn during war.

I saw the interview with Webb.

I loved the "calm down" language. It made Webb seem sane, and McCain like a cranky old uncle.

I'm not sure that the McCain campaign realizes how their candidate might be perceived as a result of this discussion.

McCain Campaign Accuses Obama Camp Of Coordinating With Webb To Attack McCain

How is that an "accusation?" I mean, the McCain camp is indeed framing this as an accusation - but that doesn't make any sense.

Of course Obama's political allies will help him, whether by actually attacking his opponent, or, as in this case, by simply stating the plain truth.

You might as well "accuse" and accountant of proficiency in mathematics.

And coordinated or not, what difference does it make? What, the Republicans don't do "coordination?" Give me a break.

The Republicans and the media are trying to paint any help from Obama's allies as off limits. That idea is, of course, insane, but it sounds like some people are buying it.

Ha ha ha. If Walnuts hyperventilates over something as silly as this, how's he going to take on al Qaeda???

Somehow, the idea of McCain getting his knickers in a twist because of "coordinated surrogate attacks" seems more than a little hypocritical. More proof (if any more was needed) that McCain is following Rove's playbook to the letter (call the other guy's strengths weakness, and your own weakness strength). Shabby, but unsurprising, since McCain's whole campaign is based on War Hero-worship, and Faux News-fanned rage...

BREAKING... Bill Belichick accuses Eli Manning of coordinating with other New York Giants players to defeat the Patriots in Super Bowl XLII.

the only coordination i'm seeing is a coordinated strategy to intimidate democrats from questioning mcsame's military sainthood.