McCain Staffer Suspended for Circulating Video Questioning Obama's Patriotism

I never would have expected this sort of nastiness from the campaign of such a pleasant fellow:

An aide to John McCain was suspended from the campaign today for blasting out an inflammatory video that raises questions about Barack Obama's patriotism.

…Informed that [Soren Dayton, who works in McCain's political department] was circulating the video, McCain spokeswoman Jill Hazelbaker said he had been suspended and "reprimanded by campaign leadership."

"We have been very clear on the type of campaign we intend to run and this staffer acted in violation of our policy," she said.

She declined to say for how long he was suspended.

I'm sure McCain is just beside himself! Maude knows, the man who called George Wallace, Jr.—a four-time speaker before the Council of Conservative Citizens, a group created from the mailing list of the erstwhile white supremacist White Citizens Councils and classified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center—"an enlightened progressive leader," wouldn't want anyone thinking he condoned racism.

Except for the racists whose votes he wants, naturally.