A CARD PLAYED FAR TOO OFTEN

Like Giuliani's "NOUN,VERB,9-11" mantra, McCain has played the POW card FAR too often. Today, this knee-jerk response caught up with him:

MCCAIN'S 'FELLOW PRISONERS' ?
Posted: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 5:05 PM by Carrie Dann
Filed Under: 2008, McCain, Palin

From NBC/NJ's Adam Aigner
ALLENTOWN, Penn. --

"You and I together will confront the ten trillion dollar debt that the federal government has run up and balance the federal budget by the end of my term in office," McCain began, making his way to pork barrel spending. "Across this country this is the agenda I have set before my fellow prisoners and the same standards of clarity and candor must now be applied to my opponent."

Josh Marshall has the video clip.