The Perils Of Extreme Wealth

In an election cycle dominated by economic distress, John McCain could do without stories like this one. Put it with his silly gas tax harrumph and it couldn't be more off-message. His campaign does seem pretty ramshackle from this distance right now. Maybe it's the only way he knows. And maybe it will take a total polling collapse to get him into the scrappy underdog free-wheeler mode which is the only way he knows how to campaign successfully.