The McCain campaign can’t help itself. Every time McCain screws up or the Obama campaign attacks, the McCain campaign pulls the POW card. They’re doing it so much that they’re starting to look like Rudy Giuliani and 9/11.
John Aravosis predicted that the McCain campaign would play the card as soon as the housing issue came up. Of course he was right.
Ben Smith has now started running with the story that the McCain campaign is playing the “POW card” a little too much.
Eric Kleefeld notices that McCain aides referred back to McCain’s time as a prisoner of war in Vietnam in defending him from the mockery over his houses.
This is a guy who lived in one house for five and a half years — in prison,” says spokesman Rogers.
It does seem like they’re flirting with Giuliani/9/11 territory here, in which at subject that seems utterly immune to humor, used as a first resort, suddenly becomes a running joke among your political enemies and your late night comic friends.
Just wait till the late-night comedians start running with this one.
