If you haven't already had a chance to read it, you'll enjoy Jeffrey Goldberg's refutation of the lie spread by John Boehner and others that Barack Obama called Israel a "constant sore." (Obama was actually referring to our inability to resolve conflict in the Middle East.) Here's a snippet:

I have no doubt that Mr. Boehner will issue a correction to his press release in which he states the obvious, which is that Obama expressed -- in twelve different ways -- his support for Israel to me.

If he doesn't, however, I would, sadly, have to agree with my colleague, the less-forgiving Andrew Sullivan, who called Boehner's statement a "flat-out lie." In fact, I would add to Andrew's post, by calling Boehner's statement mendacious, duplicitous, gross, and comically refutable. So Mr. Boehner, do the right thing, and correct the record. I'll be happy to post the correction right here.

Episodes like this one are a good reminder that if you think we've seen a lot of lying so far in the campaign, it's time to buckle up. Some of these right-wing hatchet men are going to make Hillary Clinton look like Mother Theresa by comparison. And so far, unfortunately, John McCain seems quite comfortable playing their game.

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